Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)

Mountain range in Tasmania, Australia

Prince of Wales Range

Prince of Wales Range

Geography
Country| Australia
State| Tasmania
Region| South West Wilderness
Range coordinates| 42°32′S 146°00′E﻿ / ﻿42.533°S 146.000°E﻿ / -42.533; 146.000

The Prince of Wales Range is a mountain range in the South West Wilderness, Tasmania, Australia. It is situated north and parallel to the Denison River. It lies to the west of Lake Gordon, and southeast of Frenchmans Cap.

It is considered a difficult range to traverse, and is particularly difficult to access.[1]

The first known traverse of the range was by Reg Williams and Olegas Truchanas in 1963[2]

Named peaks in the range include:

* Diamond Peak
* Olegas Bluff[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ http://david-noble.net/Tasmania/POW77/POWmenu.html Dave Nobles record of 1977 Traverse, http://david-noble.net/Tasmania/POW81/PrinceOfWalesMenu.html Dave Nobles record of 1981 Traverse
2. ^ Chapman, John (2008), South west Tasmania (5th ed.), John Chapman, ISBN 978-1-920995-03-4 page 219
3. ^ Originally named Mt YopYop by Reg Williams, but known as Olegas Bluff

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Mountains portal

* List of mountains in Australia § Tasmania

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South West region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements|

* Adamsfield
* Melaleuca
* Strathgordon

Governance|

* Braddon (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Braddon (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Derwent Valley Council
* Huon Valley Council
* West Coast Council

Mountains|

* Engineer Range
* Frenchmans Cap
* Anne

| Frankland Range|

* Citadel, The
* Cleft Peak
* Cupola, The
* Frankland
* Greycap
* Lion, The
* Lloyd Jones
* Murpheys Bluff
* Redtop
* Right Angle
* Scotts
* Secheron
* Terminal

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Arthur Range|

* Federation

King William Range|

Mount King William

Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)|

* Diamond Peak

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
* Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
* Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
* Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
* Southwest National Park
* South West Wilderness
* Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Anne
* Davey
* Franklin
* Gordon
* Huon
* Serpentine
* Spero

Lakes|

* Edgar

Lake Pedder controversy|

*   * Gordon
* Pedder
* Lake Pedder Action Committee
* United Tasmania Group

Dams
Franklin controversy|

* Edgar
* Gordon
* Scotts Peak
* Serpentine

* Commonwealth v Tasmania

* The Wilderness Society

Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries|

* Bathurst Harbour
* Bathurst Channel
* James Kelly Basin
* Port Davey

Coastal features|

* High Rocky Point
* Low Rocky Point
* Point Hibbs
* South Coast
* South West Cape

Power stations|

* Gordon

Transport|

* Gordon River Road
* Scotts Peak Dam Road

| Railways|

* Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)

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Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Gordon Splits

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Man-made|

* Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
* Port Davey Track
* South Coast Track

People of note|

* Bob Brown
* Peter Dombrovskis
* Helen Gee
* James Goodwin
* Brenda Hean
* Richard Jones
* Deny King
* Eric Reece
* Olegas Truchanas
* T. B. Moore

Islands|

* Eddystone
* Hibbs Pyramid
* Inner Rocks
* Sidmouth Rock

| Breaksea|

* Fitzroy
* Kathleen
* Main
* Mavourneen
* Munday
* North

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Maatsuyker (group)|

* Chicken
* De Witt
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hen
* Ile du Golfe
* Louisa
* Maatsuyker (island)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Walker
* Western Rocks

Swainson (group)|

* Big Caroline
* Hay
* Lourah
* Shanks
* Swainson

Mutton Bird (group)|

* East Pyramids
* Mutton Bird Island
* Mutton Bird Islet (southeast)
* Mutton Bird Islet (southwest)
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Wendar
* Wild Wind

Pedra Branca|

* Mewstone

Trumpeter|

* Coffee Pot, The
* Hobbs
* Trumpeter
* West Pyramid

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
* The South West Book
* South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Orange-bellied parrot
* Pedder galaxias
* Pedder earthworm
* Pedder planarian
* Pedra Branca skink

Bioregions|

* Southern Ranges (bioregion)
* West (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Kutikina Cave
* Toogee language
* Western Tasmanian languages

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