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Mount Wellington (Tasmania)

Mount Wellington
kunanyi / Mount Wellington
Unghbanyahletta or Poorawetter
Mount Wellington.jpg
Mount Wellington viewed from the Derwent River mouth in Storm Bay
Highest point
Elevation 1,271 m (4,170 ft) 
Prominence 693 m (2,274 ft) 
Isolation 47.56 km (29.55 mi) 
Listing 49th highest mountain of Tasmania
Coordinates 42°53′24″S 147°13′48″E / 42.89000°S 147.23000°E / -42.89000; 147.23000Coordinates: 42°53′24″S 147°13′48″E / 42.89000°S 147.23000°E / -42.89000; 147.23000
Geography
Mount Wellington is located in Tasmania
Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington
Location in Tasmania
Location South East Tasmania, Australia
Parent range Wellington
Geology
Mountain type Dolerite
Climbing
First ascent
Easiest route Hike, road

Mount Wellington, officially known as kunanyi / Mount Wellington (Aboriginal: Unghbanyahletta or Poorawetter), is a mountain in the southeast coastal region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is the summit of the Wellington Range on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart.

The mountain rises to 1,271 metres (4,170 ft) above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, sometimes even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Hobart central business district. An enclosed lookout near the summit provides spectacular views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area nearly 100 kilometres (62 mi) west.

From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mount Wellington is the cliff of dolerite columns known as the Organ Pipes. It has extensive views of Hobart and is one of the city's biggest tourist destinations.

The low-lying areas and foothills of Mount Wellington were formed by slow geological upsurge when the whole Hobart area was a low-lying cold shallow seabed. The upper reaches of the mountain were formed more violently, as a Sill with a tabular mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between layers of older rock pushing upwards by upsurges of molten rock as the Australian continental shelf tore away from Antarctica, and separated from Gondwana over 40 million years ago. It is often incorrectly considered to be a dormant volcano.

Mount Wellington was originally referred by the original Tasmanian nations of the area as Unghbanyahletta (or Ungyhaletta), Poorawetter (or ‘'Pooranetere'’, also Pooranetteri), or Kunanyi to the indigenous people of Tasmania. The Palawa, the surviving descendants of the original indigenous Tasmanians, tend to prefer the latter name. In 2013, a Tasmanian dual naming policy was announced and "Kunanyi / Mount Wellington" was named as one of the inaugural dual named geographic features.


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