Mount Buller (mountain)

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This article is about the mountain. For the town, see Mount Buller, Victoria. For the ski resort, see Mount Buller Alpine Resort. For the mountain nearby, see Mount Bulla Bulla.

Mount Buller
The Mount Buller summit ridge as seen from the northwest in summer.
Elevation	1,805 metres (5,922 ft) AHD ^[1]
Location
Mount Buller Location in Victoria
Location	Victoria, Australia
Range	Victorian Alps, Great Dividing Range
Coordinates	37°8′43″S 146°25′34″E / 37.14528°S 146.42611°E / -37.14528; 146.42611Coordinates: 37°8′43″S 146°25′34″E / 37.14528°S 146.42611°E / -37.14528; 146.42611^[2]
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike; ski

Mount Buller is a mountain in the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Australian state of Victoria. With an elevation of 1,805 metres (5,922 ft) AHD,^[1] Mount Buller is the fifth highest mountain in Victoria.

Location and features

The summit of Buller can be reached by vehicle via the village coupled with a 500 metres (1,600 ft) short walk. It is also possible to climb the peak from Delatite River level you can follow the Klingsporn walking track. The Klingsporn track was the bridle trail in days gone by when stockmen would take their cattle up high for the summer months. The walk begins at Merimbah and is a 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) walk on a well defined track. An adventurous twist on this walk is to walk to the aptly named "Thank Christ Corner" on Shoulder spur and go off track along shoulder spur to Mclaughlin Spur to the summit. Mclaughlin Spur offers good views to the summit fire tower and the rocky outcrops that must be traversed. At the summit there is a stone distance dial and a fire tower that is manned during the summer months. The Scott Talbut Super trail can be traversed from the Summit and offers great views of the Dom Thompson Ranges.

The adjacent Mount Buller Alpine Resort is an attractive destination for many families and skiiers who wish to attend for the day. With it only being a 3 hr drive, it is the closest major mountain to Melbourne.

Etymology

Mount Buller was named by the explorer and surveyor Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell after an acquaintance in the Colonial Office. However the Aboriginal name for the mountain is Bulla Bulla meaning "good".^[3]

Gallery

Aerial photo of Mount Buller.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Place Names Search:Mount Buller". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
↑ "Mount Buller". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. pp. 182, 50.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Buller.

"Mount Buller, Skiing Snowboarding and Snow Holidays". MtBuller. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
"Be on the top of the world". Mount Buller Official Website. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

Mountains in Victoria, Australia

Grampians

William (1,167 m or 3,829 ft)
Difficult
Wilson
Zero

Victorian Alps

Bogong High Plains	Nelse West (1,893 m or 6,211 ft) Nelse North (1,885 m or 6,184 ft) Fainter South (1,883 m or 6,178 ft) Hotham (1,862 m or 6,109 ft) McKay (1,849 m or 6,066 ft) Cope (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Spion Kopje (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Jim (1,818 m or 5,965 ft)

Cathedral Range	Lake (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)

Cobberas Range	Cobberas No. 1 (1,833 m or 6,014 ft) Cobberas No. 2 Moscow Peak Middle Peak Cleft Peak

Other	Bogong (1,986 m or 6,516 ft) Feathertop (1,922 m or 6,306 ft) Buller (1,805 m or 5,922 ft) Wills (1,755 m or 5,758 ft) Gibbo (1,750 m or 5,741 ft) Stirling (1,749 m or 5,738 ft) Howitt (1,742 m or 5,715 ft) The Horn (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Buffalo (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Wellington (1,634 m or 5,361 ft) Cobbler (1,628 m or 5,341 ft) Baw Baw (1,567 m or 5,141 ft) Torbreck (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) St Gwinear (circa 1,500 m or 4,921 ft) Selma (1,456 m or 4,777 ft) Useful (1,435 m or 4,708 ft) Tambo (1,430 m or 4,692 ft) Selwyn (1,411 m or 4,629 ft) Terrible (1,325 m or 4,347 ft) Donna Buang (1,250 m or 4,101 ft) Bulla Bulla (906 m or 2,972 ft) Dom Dom (740 m or 2,428 ft) Brumby Point Buggery Loch Pine Speculation

Other
mountain ranges

Central Highlands	Macedon (1,001 m or 3,284 ft)

Dandenong Ranges	Dandenong (633 m or 2,077 ft)

Pyrenees Ranges	Avoca (747 m or 2,451 ft) Warrenmang (537 m or 1,762 ft)

Strzelecki Ranges	Tassie (740 m or 2,428 ft)

Other	Matlock (1,377 m or 4,518 ft) Ritchie (1,259 m or 4,131 ft) Toorongo (1,247 m or 4,091 ft) Horsfall (1,130 m or 3,707 ft) Kaye (998 m or 3,274 ft) Elizabeth (941 m or 3,087 ft) Ghiran (924 m or 3,031 ft) Disappointment (794 m or 2,605 ft) Riddell (781 m or 2,562 ft) Beenak (745 m or 2,444 ft) Alexander (744 m or 2,441 ft) Buninyong (719 m or 2,359 ft) Hanging Rock / Diogenes (718 m or 2,356 ft) Warrenheip (714 m or 2,343 ft) Franklin (648 m or 2,126 ft) Beckworth (634 m or 2,080 ft) Corhanwarrabul (628 m or 2,060 ft) Tarrengower (556 m or 1,824 ft) Warrenmang (526 m or 1,726 ft) Napier (440 m or 1,444 ft) Briggs Bluff (420 m or 1,378 ft) Arapiles (369 m or 1,211 ft) You Yangs (352 m or 1,155 ft) Noorat (310 m or 1,017 ft) Warrnambool (216 m or 709 ft) Wycheproof (148 m or 486 ft) Cooper (137 m or 449 ft) Eccles Elephant Hopeless Leura Typo

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