Sticht Range Explained

Sticht Range
Country:	Australia
Region Type:	State
Region:	Tasmania
District Type:	Region
District:	West Coast
Highest:	unnamed peak
Elevation M:	1080
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Parent:	West Coast Range
Range Coordinates:	-41.9°N 184°W
Formed By:	Cambrian
Period:	Jurassic
Map:	Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:	1

The Sticht Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The range runs between two tributaries of the Eldon River and is located within the eastern part of the West Coast Range and has an unnamed peak with an elevation of above sea level.^[1] It was named after Robert Carl Sticht, the manager of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.

It was affected by the 2016 Tasmanian bushfires^[2]

Features and access

The range can be viewed from the Hydro Tasmania built road (B24) at Lake Plimsoll. It is a cambrian formation range.^{[3] [4] [5]}

The threatened plant Orites milliganii, a member of the family Proteaceae, may be located in the range.^[6]

See also

• List of highest mountains of Tasmania

Further reading

• Book: Geoffrey Blainey . Blainey, Geoffrey . . 6th . St. David's Park Publishing . Hobart . 2000 . 0-7246-2265-9.
• Book: Charles Whitham . Whitham, Charles . Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty .
• Tasmap, Government of Tasmania . Sophia, Selina . 881604 .

External links

• West Coast Range on Google Maps
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060821115426/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html - context of World Heritage Area

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tasmanian Peak-Baggers' Guide . Hobart Walking Club Inc. . 2013 . 21 June 2015.
2. First reported 19 January, still burning 3 February Tasmanian Fire service update | Tasmania Fire Service
3. Baillie, P. W. . Tasmania. Department of Mines . Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range formation, Western Tasmania . 1989 . Geological Survey Bulletin . 7 August 1989 . 65 . Department of Mines . Hobart, Tasmania . 978-0-7246-2027-2 .
4. Web site: Baillie, P. W. . Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range Formation, Western Tasmania . 1987 . 19 June 2015 .
5. Web site: Sticht Range Formation . Australian Stratigraphic Units Database . . 20 September 1989 . 18 June 2015 .
6. Web site: Orites milliganii . Threatened Flora of Tasmania . . 12 May 2003 . 19 June 2015 .