Mount Owen (Tasmania)
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| Mount Owen | |
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| Elevation | |
| Location | West Coast, Tasmania |
| Range | West Coast Range |
| Coordinates | |
| First ascent | unknown |
| Easiest route | from North West along track to TV tower |
Mount Owen ( ) is the mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown in Tasmania, Australia. It has small glacial lakes on its upper eastern slope, indicating the extent of Glaciation in the King River valley.
Like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range - it was named after Richard Owen as the taller mountains were named after opponents or critics of Charles Darwin, the smaller after his supporters.
A map in Geoffrey Blainey's 'The Peaks of Lyell' sourced from 1900-1910 calls the north west peak the 'North Spur', and the north western slopes clearly seen from Gormanston and the Linda Valley the 'Long Spur'.
The northern slopes, clearly visible from the Lyell Highway passing through the Linda Valley, show the extent of degradation due to fire, smelter fumes, and heavy rainfall.
The western slopes loom over Queenstown, and in winter are regularly covered in snow.
It also has TV and communications towers on its north west peak (North Spur). The track to this point has had vehicles use it.
The eastern wall to its north eastern peak that 'hangs over' the western shore of Lake Burbury, or in earlier times the North Mount Lyell Railway formation which passed beneath.
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West Coast Range context
- North - Mount Lyell
- Mount Owen
- South - Mount Huxley
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[edit] References
- 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, Reprint 2003, 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
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