Mount Lyell (Tasmania)

Mountain in Tasmania, Australia

For other uses, see Mount Lyell (disambiguation).

Mount Lyell

Mount Lyell

Location in Tasmania

Highest point
Elevation| 917 m (3,009 ft)
Coordinates| 42°03′00″S 145°36′36″E﻿ / ﻿42.05000°S 145.61000°E﻿ / -42.05000; 145.61000[1]
Geography
Location| Western Tasmania, Australia
Parent range| West Coast
Climbing
Easiest route| Scramble but not from west (mining area)

Mount Lyell is a mountain in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia.

Mount Lyell has an elevation of 917 metres (3,009 ft) above sea level.[citation needed] The adjacent mountains are Mount Sedgwick to the north and Mount Owen to the south.

The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 after geologist Charles Lyell, a supporter of Charles Darwin.[2]

Mount Lyell was also the common short name of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.

## Mining activity[edit]

The Mount Lyell company operations centred mainly on the shoulder between Mount Owen and Mount Lyell, and to the western side of the mountain. On the eastern side of the shoulder were the old North Mount Lyell workings, where the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster occurred.

There was a small operation in the early days of the mining operation that was on the northern side of Mount Lyell, known as the Comstock mine. In the late twentieth century, just west of the Comstock workings was a section of the mine known as Cape Horn. The western end of the mountain has been named Cape Horn Spur, as the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company had a mine called Cape Horn in the 1970s at the west end of this spur.

## Railway lines[edit]

A railway line was planned to travel from Linda in the Linda Valley, around the southern, eastern and northern sides of Mount Lyell. The formation was built but the line was never utilised.

The sides of the mountain have been subjected to bush fires, smelter fumes and high rainfall, consequently the resultant vegetation and the legacy of tree stumps give the southern sides of the mountain a unique appearance.

## See also[edit]

* Australia portal
* Mountains portal

* List of highest mountains of Tasmania
* West Coast Tasmania Mines

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mount Lyell (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
2. ^ Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania. 144: 1–13. ISSN 0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
* Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
* 2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
* 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
* 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC

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Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Arthur Range|

| Eastern|

* Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft)

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Ben Lomond|

* Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft)
* Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft)
* Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft)
* Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft)
* Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft)
* Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
* Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
* Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
* Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft)
* Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 ft)

Du Cane Range|

* unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
* Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft)
* Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft)
* Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft)
* Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft)
* Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
* Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
* The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft)
* Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Eldon Range|

* Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft)
* Eldon Bluff

Great Western Tiers|

* Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)

Pelion Range|

* Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft)1
* Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft)
* Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)

Wellington Range|

* Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)

West Coast Range|

* Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft)
* Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft)
* Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft)
* Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft)
* Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft)
* Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft)
* Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
* Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
* Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft)

| Heemskirk|

* Agnew (848 m or 2,782 ft)
* Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft)
* Heemskirk (751 m or 2,464 ft)
* Zeehan (701 m or 2,300 ft)

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Sticht|

* unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)

Tyndall|

* Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft)
* Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)

Not in a defined range|

* Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft)
* Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)
* Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft)

1 Highest summit elevation in Tasmania

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Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities and
other settlements|

* Queenstown

* Crotty
* Darwin
* Dundas
* Gormanston
* Guildford
* Linda
* Pillinger
* Regatta Point
* Rosebery
* Strahan
* Tullah
* Waratah
* Williamsford
* Zeehan

Governance|

* Braddon (federal)
* Braddon (state)
* Franklin Land District
* Montgomery Land District
* Montagu Land District
* West Coast Council
* Lyell
* Murchison
* Zeehan

Mountains|

| West
Coast
Range|

* Black
* Darwin
* Dundas
* Heemskirk
* Huxley
* Jukes
* Lyell
* Murchison
* Owen
* Read
* Read Volcanics
* Sedgwick
* Sorell
* Strahan
* Zeehan

| Tyndall|

* Geikie
* Tyndall

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Eldon|

* Eldon Peak

Engineer|

* unnamed peak

Raglan|

* unnamed peak

Sticht|

* unnamed peak

National parks|

* Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Anne
* Anthony
* Franklin
* Gordon
* Henty
* King
* Lea
* Mackintosh
* Murchison
* Pieman
* Queen
* Sophia

Lakes|

* Beatrice
* Burbury
* Dora
* Gordon
* Mackintosh
* Margaret
* Murchison
* Pieman
* Rosebery
* Westwood

Dams|

* Crotty
* Darwin
* Gordon

Power stations|

* Anthony Power Development
* Bastyan
* Gordon
* John Butters
* Lake Margaret
* Mackintosh
* Reece
* Tribute

Transport|

* Anthony Road
* Hercules Haulage
* Lyell Highway
* Murchison Highway
* Queenstown Airport
* Strahan Airport

| Railways|

* Emu Bay
* Macquarie Heads breakwater
* Melba
* Mount Dundas – Zeehan
* North East Dundas
* North Mount Lyell
* Strahan–Zeehan
* Wee Georgie Wood
* West Coast Wilderness

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Locomotives and rolling stock|

* TGR G class (1896)
* TGR K class

Railway stations and
former railway stations|

* Queenstown
* Regatta Point
* Zeehan

Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Birchs Inlet
* Cape Sorell
* Darwin Crater
* Granville Harbour
* Hells Gates
* Iron Blow
* Kelly Basin
* Linda Valley
* Macquarie Harbour
* Montezuma Falls
* Nelson Falls
* Ocean Beach
* Trial Harbour

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Man-made|

* Cape Sorell Lighthouse
* Gaiety Theatre
* Galley Museum
* Paragon Theatre
* Queenstown Oval

People of note|

* Convicts on the West Coast
* Crotty
* Davey
* Gould
* Joyce
* Long
* Moore
* Pearce
* Piguenit
* Piners
* Rae
* Sticht
* Whitham

Mining|

* Comstock Mine
* Copper Mines
* Henty Gold Mine
* Mount Jukes Mine sites
* Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
* Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
* North Mount Lyell
* North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912)
* Renison Bell
* Stichtite
* West Coast Tasmania Mines

Books and
newspapers|

* For the Term of His Natural Life
* Gould's Book of Fish
* The Peaks of Lyell
* Walk to the West
* Western Tasmania: A land of Riches and Beauty
* Zeehan and Dundas Herald
* The West Coast Miner

Other|

* Darwin glass
* The Unconformity
* Round Earth Theatre Company
* Tasmanian West bioregion
* Western Tasmanian Football Association
* Western Tasmanian languages

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