List of highest mountains of Tasmania explained

The Australian island state of Tasmania has a diverse range of geography but a prominent feature is the mountains of the island. Overall Tasmania is comparatively low-lying with the highest point at 1617m (5,305feet). Tasmania has ten peaks over the height of 1500m (4,900feet). With thirty peaks higher than 1200m (3,900feet), it is one of the most mountainous islands in the world, and Tasmania is Australia's most mountainous state. The majority of the mountain peaks of Tasmania are located in the Western half of the state, starting at the coast in the South West and extending inland to the north, or in the Central Highlands.

Tasmania's mountains were part of an ancient range of volcanic peaks from the period of Gondwana, and are the source of a large portion of Tasmania's wealth in the form of mining. Although the eastern half of the state is generally lower and flatter, there are still sizeable peaks located there, such as kunanyi / Mt Wellington.

Notable peaks

The following notable mountain peaks in Tasmania range in heights from 1200to above sea level.^[1]

Rank	Name	Altitude	Location	Prominence		Parent	Notes
m	ft	m	ft
1		1617m (5,305feet)		1617m (5,305feet)		n/a	^[2] ^[3]
2		1572m (5,157feet)	-41.53°N 147.65°W	1303m (4,275feet)		n/a	^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
3		1569m (5,148feet)	-41.53°N 147.65°W	9m (30feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[7] ^[8]
4		1560m (5,120feet)	-41.83°N 145.97°W	469m (1,539feet)	Pelion	Mount Ossa	^[9] ^[10]
5		1559m (5,115feet)	-41.72°N 145.92°W	622m (2,041feet)			^[11] ^[12]
6		1545m (5,069feet)	-41.68°N 145.94°W	355m (1,165feet)			^[13] ^[14]
7		1542m (5,059feet)	-41.51°N 147.65°W	52m (171feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[15]
8		1538m (5,046feet)		98m (322feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[16]
9		1527m (5,010feet)	-41.68°N 145.95°W	17m (56feet)			^[17]
	1527m (5,010feet)	-41.62°N 147.68°W	208m (682feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[18] ^[19]
11	Du Cane Range (unnamed peak)	1520m (4,990feet)	-41.94°N 146.04°W				Mount Ossa
12		1516m (4,974feet)	-41.92°N 146.05°W	580m (1,900feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[20]
13		1514m (4,967feet)	-41.9°N 146.04°W	204m (669feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[21] ^[22]
14		1510m (4,950feet)				Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
15		1509m (4,951feet)	-41.92°N 146.05°W	39m (128feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[23]
16		1499m (4,918feet)	-41.81°N 146.28°W	449m (1,473feet)
17		1498m (4,915feet)				Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
	1498m (4,915feet)				Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
19		1485m (4,872feet)	-41.97°N 146.04°W	355m (1,165feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[24]
20		1482m (4,862feet)	-41.91°N 146.09°W			Du Cane	Mount Ossa
	1482m (4,862feet)	-41.86°N 145.99°W	285m (935feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[25]
22		1481m (4,859feet)	-41.93°N 146.06°W	171m (561feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[26] ^[27]
23		1480m (4,860feet)	-41.9097°N 146.0297°W	170m (560feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[28]
24		1464m (4,803feet)	-41.5497°N 147.63°W			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
25		1461m (4,793feet)	-41.85°N 146.06°W	335m (1,099feet)	Pelion	Mount Ossa
26		1459m (4,787feet)	-41.82°N 146.32°W	166m (545feet)			^[29]
27		1449m (4,754feet)	-42.0453°N 146.1181°W	109m (358feet)			^[30]
	1449m (4,754feet)
29		1447m (4,747feet)	-42.15°N 146.02°W	557m (1,827feet)	Cheyne Range		^[31]
30		1446m (4,744feet)	-41.82°N 146.29°W
	1446m (4,744feet)	-42.27°N 145.82°W	966m (3,169feet)			^[32]
32		1444m (4,738feet)	-41.71°N 146.47°W	194m (636feet)		n/a	^[33] ^[34]
33		1440m (4,720feet)	-41.97°N 145.73°W	610m (2,000feet)		n/a	^[35]
34		1435m (4,708feet)	-42.65°N 146.5931°W	981m (3,219feet)	Rodway Range		^[36]
35		1432m (4,698feet)	-41.77°N 146.33°W	143m (469feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[37]
36		1431m (4,695feet)	-41.9397°N 146.0097°W	301m (988feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[38]
37		1423m (4,669feet)		963m (3,159feet)			^[39]
38		1420m (4,660feet)		257m (843feet)	Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mountain	^[40]
39		1416m (4,646feet)		426m (1,398feet)			^[41]
40		1413m (4,636feet)		273m (896feet)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa	^[42]
41		1410m (4,630feet)		259m (850feet)	Cradle Cirque Bluff Cirque		^[43]
42		1408m (4,619feet)		126m (413feet)	Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mountain	^[44]
43		1406m (4,613feet)	-41.37°N 147.41°W	796m (2,612feet)			^[45]
	1406m (4,613feet)	-41.88°N 146.11°W	346m (1,135feet)			^[46]
45		1403m (4,603feet)		253m (830feet)			^[47]
46		1363m (4,472feet)	-41.8664°N 145.97°W	173m (568feet)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor	^[48]
47		1340m (4,400feet)	-41.7167°N 146.8°W	190m (620feet)	Western Tiers		^[49]
48		1336m (4,383feet)	-41.8719°N 146.2061°W					^[50]
49		1318m (4,324feet)	-42.6897°N 146.5744°W	51m (167feet)	Rodway Range		^[51]
50		1275m (4,183feet)	-41.8°N 145.61°W	760m (2,490feet)		n/a	^[52]
51		1269m (4,163feet)	-42.89°N 147.23°W	693m (2,274feet)		n/a	^[53] ^[54]
52		1254m (4,114feet)	-43.24°N 146.7597°W	838m (2,749feet)	Hartz Mountains	n/a	^[55]
	1255m (4,117feet)	-41.6597°N 146.5297°W			Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mountain
54		1234m (4,049feet)	-41.4597°N 146.2597°W	563m (1,847feet)			^[56]
55		1228m (4,029feet)	-41.65°N 146.69°W	498m (1,634feet)	Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mountain	^[57]
56		1225m (4,019feet)	-43.3497°N 146.82°W	474m (1,555feet)	Hartz Mountains	Hartz Peak	^[58]
57		1224m (4,016feet)	-43.27°N 146.46°W	105m (344feet)			^[59]
58		1216m (3,990feet)	-41.6697°N 145.97°W
59		1213m (3,980feet)	-41.33°N 147.83°W	433m (1,421feet)	Ben Lomond		^[60]
60		1200m (3,900feet)	-41.22°N 145.0397°W

Historical peaks

As late as the mid-1950s adequate surveying of the mountains had not been completed - with the height of 19 peaks described as about in the list in Walch's Tasmanian Almanac of the over 115 peaks mentioned^[61] The lack of sufficient surveying at that time also had the order of the top 10 peaks had:^[61]

1. Mount Ossa
2. Legges Tor
3. Barn Bluff
4. Mount Pelion West
5. Cradle Mountain
6. Stack's Bluff
7. Mount Gould
8. Mount Rufus
9. Eldon Peak
10. Mount Olympus

When Wilkinson did his 'The Abels' in 1994, items 1-9 were the same as the current list, however Mount Geryon was not in the Abels list, and Mount Gould had not been adequately given height data at that stage.^[62]

See also

• Tasmap and links for indication of the mapping of these mountains

Further reading

• Caine, Nel. (1983) The mountains of northeastern Tasmania: a study of alpine geomorphology Rotterdam: Balkema; Salem, NH, USA. .
• Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications .

External links

• Top 10 peaks
• Peak-Bagger's Guide to Tasmanian Mountains
• A List of Tasmania's High Places (compiled by the Bushwalk-Tasmania forum).

Notes and References

1. 714 . Tasmania . meters . 5 June 2015 .
2. 11516 . Mount Ossa, Australia . meters . 31 May 2017 .
3. Web site: National Geospatial Reference System (Peaks 1-20) . Australian Government . 17 August 2012 .
4. Web site: Legges Tor . Placenames Tasmania . Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Government of Tasmania.
5. Web site: LISTmap (Legges Tor) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 14 January 2008 .
6. 11507 . Legges Tor, Australia . meters . 5 June 2015 .
7. Web site: LISTmap (Giblin Peak) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 5 June 2015 .
8. 34574 . Giblin Peak, Australia . meters . 5 June 2015 .
9. Web site: LISTmap (Mount Pelion West) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 14 January 2008 .
10. 11513 . Mount Pelion West, Australia . meters . 6 June 2015 .
11. Web site: LISTmap (Barn Bluff) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 10 October 2007 .
12. 11510 . Barn Bluff, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
13. Web site: LISTmap (Cradle Mountain) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 19 June 2007 .
14. 11509 . Cradle Mountain, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
15. 75543 . King Davids Peak, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
16. 74140 . Stonjeks Lookout, Australia . meters . 2 June 2017 .
17. 34578 . Smithies Tower, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
18. Web site: LISTmap (Stacks Bluff) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 25 March 2008 .
19. 11508 . Stacks Bluff, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
20. 11520 . Mount Geryon, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
21. Web site: LISTmap (Mount Massif) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 25 March 2008 .
22. 11519 . Mount Massif, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
23. 68654 . Mount Geryon South, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
24. 11523 . Mount Gould, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
25. 11515 . Mount Thetis, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
26. Web site: LISTmap (The Acropolis) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 9 February 2010 .
27. 11521 . The Acropolis, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
28. 76419 . Mount Hyperion, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
29. 11512 . Mount Jerusalem, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
30. 174122 . Mount Olympus-East Peak, Australia . meters . 13 June 2017 .
31. 11526 . Mount Gell, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
32. 11529 . Frenchmans Cap, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
33. 23629 . Ironstone Mountain, Australia . meters . 31 May 2017 .
34. Book: Lloyd, Sarah. The edge, a natural history of Tasmania's Great Western Tiers. 978-0-646-57082-2. Friends of Jacky's Marsh Inc. 2012. 1.
35. 34580 . Eldon Peak, Australia . meters . 9 June 2015 .
36. 11534 . Mount Field West, Australia . meters . 31 May 2017 .
37. 23602 . Mersey Crag, Australia . meters . 31 May 2017 .
38. 11522 . Walled Mountain, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
39. 11536 . Mount Anne, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
40. 57962 . Western Bluff, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
41. 76420 . Mount Rufus, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
42. 23584 . Macs Mountain, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
43. 23621 . Mount Emmett, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
44. 23597 . Fisher Bluff, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
45. 11505. Mount Barrow, Australia. 1 July 2015.
46. 11517. Twin Spires, Australia. 3 June 2017 .
47. 76421 . Mount Hugel, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
48. 34570 . Mount Achilles, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
49. 76394 . Drys Bluff, Australia . meters . 26 February 2018 .
50. Web site: Map of Mount Rogoona, TAS . Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia . 2017 . 30 May 2017 .
51. 58751. Mount Mawson, Australia. 31 May 2017.
52. 34607 . Mount Murchison, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
53. 11535 . Mount Wellington, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
54. News: Tasmanian dual naming policy announced atop Kunanyi. 13 March 2013. 20 November 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
55. 11538 . Hartz Peak, Australia . meters . 30 May 2017 .
56. 46848 . Mount Roland, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
57. 74172 . Quamby Bluff, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
58. 70588 . Adamsons Peak, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
59. 11539 . Federation Peak, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
60. 76409 . Mount Victoria, Australia . meters . 5 June 2017 .
61. Walch's Tasmanian Almanac for 1956 - pp.416-417
62. • Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications . page 43+ Table B - The Abels arranged in Order of Altitude.