Mount Murchison (Tasmania)
| Mount Murchison | |
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 Mount Murchison
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,275 m (4,183 ft) |
| Coordinates | 42°48′00″S 145°36′36″E / 42.80000°S 145.61000°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Western Tasmania, Australia |
| Parent range | West Coast Range |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Jurassic |
Mount Murchison is a mountain on the West Coast Range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
At 1,275 metres (4,183 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the range and within the top thirty highest mountains in Tasmania.
Lying close to the Williamsford and Tullah mining areas, the mountain is often found referred to in early photographs. It lies east of Zeehan, and Mount Read, and north of Mount Tyndall.
The geology of the ground around the mountain relates to the range of mining activities nearby.
On the south eastern side there a number of lakes, some unnamed. From the north, they are Shaded Lake, Little Sister, Lake Gaye and Lake Sandra lying to the east of the southernmost part of the main mountain, and below a very steep cliff.
It was named by Charles Gould in the early 1860s.
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