Sticht Range
Mountain range in Tasmania, Australia
Sticht Range
Location in Tasmania
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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 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) 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[3]
Features and access
The range can be viewed from the Hydro Tasmania built road (B24) at Lake Plimsoll. It is a cambrian formation range.[4][5][6]
The threatened plant Orites milliganii, a member of the family Proteaceae, may be located in the range.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tasmanian Peak-Baggers' Guide". Hobart Walking Club Inc. 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Sticht Range (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ First reported 19 January, still burning 3 February Tasmanian Fire service update | Tasmania Fire Service
- ^ Baillie, P. W.; Tasmania. Department of Mines (7 August 1989). "Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range formation, Western Tasmania" (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin (65). Hobart, Tasmania: Department of Mines (published 1989). ISBN 978-0-7246-2027-2.
- ^ Baillie, P. W. (1987). "Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range Formation, Western Tasmania". Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Sticht Range Formation". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. 20 September 1989. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Orites milliganii" (PDF). Threatened Flora of Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Government of Tasmania. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
Further reading
- Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.
- Sophia, Selina (Map). Tasmap, Government of Tasmania. § 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
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Mountains in Tasmania, Australia
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- 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)
- 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 Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft)
- Eldon Bluff
- Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)
- 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)
- Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)
- 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)
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Sticht |
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Tyndall |
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- 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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