Mount Canobolas
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Mount Canobolas from the Pinnacle.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,390 m (4,560 ft) |
| Coordinates | 33°20′39″S 148°58′56″E / 33.344253°S 148.982309°ECoordinates: 33°20′39″S 148°58′56″E / 33.344253°S 148.982309°E |
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 Mount Canobolas
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| Location | Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
| Parent range | Main Range, Great Dividing Range |
| Topo map | Cudal |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Extinct volcano |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1835 – Major Thomas Mitchell (European) |
| Easiest route | Drive |
Mount Canobolas, a mountain on a spur of the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
With an elevation of 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) above sea level, Mount Canobolas, an extinct volcano, it is the highest mountain in the region. Situated 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of the city of Orange, it is about 250 kilometres (155 mi) west of Sydney.
The northern slopes of the mountain, with fertile volcanic soil, are popular cold-climate wine producing area.
The name comes from two Aboriginal words, "Gaahna Bula". This means "two shoulders" which refers to the summits of Mount Canobolas and Young Man Canobolas.
There is a 360 degree view from the summit, which is often snow-capped in winter. The mountain is now part of a 15-square-kilometre (5.8 sq mi) area controlled by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, which offers various walks: to Bald Hill; to Young Man Canobolas; Federal Falls to Mount Towac, and other locations. The volcanic peaks give wide views and there are some attractive waterfalls.
The mountain was first climbed by a European when Major Thomas Mitchell came there in 1835. An early squatter on the slopes of the Canobolas Range was Thomas Hood, whose father, John Hood, came from England for a visit in 1841, and wrote an account of the district. By 1848 Hood was lessee for Boree Cabonne.
The top of the mountain is now dominated by numerous towers used for television and radio transmissions across large areas of central New South Wales. These transmitters include towers for Airservices Australia, Royal Australian Air Force, Prime Television, WIN Television, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Southern Cross Ten.
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