Mount Huxley (Tasmania)

Mount Huxley (Tasmania)
Mount Huxley

Mount Huxley from the air,at left, King River Gorge centre, Mount Jukes highway to right, and Lake Burbury and the Crotty Dam at rear
Elevation 926 m (3,038 ft)
Location
Location West Coast, Tasmania
Range West Coast Range
Coordinates 42°08′S 145°35′E / 42.133°S 145.583°E / -42.133; 145.583Coordinates: 42°08′S 145°35′E / 42.133°S 145.583°E / -42.133; 145.583

Mount Huxley is a mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania, named by Charles Gould in 1863 after Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.

A smaller of the west coast range mountains, with a large 200 metre outcrop/rock face on its southern side above the King River gorge just west of the Crotty Dam - parts of which are visible along the river gorge from the West Coast Wilderness Railway where it commences following the King River.

Location

Mount Huxley showing rocky outcrop on the south face above the King River Gorge

Access

A very rough track approaches the mountain from the north, and from the south Queenstown area. The southern side is sheer cliff into the King River Gorge.

References

  • Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed. ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9. 
  • Crawford, Patsy (2000). King: Story of a River. Montpelier Press. ISBN 1-876597-02-X. 
  • 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
Mount Huxley from the air - from south west, and higher than picture at top

Map source

  • Tasmania 1:25 000 Series Map Owen 3833 Edition 2 2001

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