Mount Tyndall | |
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Elevation | 1,179 m (3,868 ft) |
Location | |
Location | West Coast, Tasmania |
Range | West Coast Range |
Mount Tyndall is a mountain and high ground in the West Coast Range, Western Tasmania. The mountain was named after Irish scientist and mountaineer, John Tyndall.[1]
The surrounding high ground is often known as The Tyndalls or The Tyndall Range.
The area is at the northern end of a block of mountains that are north of Mount Sedgwick.
The 'Tyndalls' have a number of glacial lakes, most notably Lake Westwood and Lake Dora
The Tyndalls lie south east of the Henty Gold Mine, and Hydro Tasmania dam on the Henty River - and south of Lake Makintosh, Lake Murchison and Tullah.