Mount Cobbler

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Mount Cobbler
Mount Cobbler viewed from Mount Stirling
Elevation	1,628 metres (5,341 ft) AHD ^[1]
Location
Mount Cobbler Victoria, Australia
Range	Great Dividing Range
Coordinates	37°2′38″S 146°35′27″E / 37.04389°S 146.59083°E / -37.04389; 146.59083Coordinates: 37°2′38″S 146°35′27″E / 37.04389°S 146.59083°E / -37.04389; 146.59083^[2]

Mount Cobbler is a mountain located in the Alpine National Park to the east of Mansfield in north-eastern Victoria, Australia.^[2] Its summit rises to 1628 metres (5341 ft) above sea level.^[1]^[3] The peak and surrounding Cobbler land system is composed geologically of sedimentary rocks (conglomerate, red sandstone, siltstone and shale) dating to the Lower Carboniferous, some 359 to 318 million years ago.^[1]

Nearby Lake Cobbler, which has a camping area, is accessible by a 4 wheel drive track.^[3] From here there is a walking track to the summit, and another to Dandongadale Falls which drops 255 metres (837 feet) from the plateau and is the highest waterfall in Victoria.^[4] The 5 kilometre (3 mile) walk to the summit is moderate to steep.^[3] Surrounding peaks include Mount Typo to the north-east, Mount Koonika and Mount Speculation to the south-east, and Mount Stirling to the south-west.^[3]

Tree species occurring on the surrounding plateau include mountain gum (Eucalyptus dalrympleana), snow gum (E. pauciflora) and broad-leaved peppermint (E. dives).^[1] Heathland, shrubland and patches of herbfield are found on the rocky escarpments, with species including Alpine Shaggy-pea (Podolobium alpestre) and Mountain Beard-heath (Acrothamnus hookeri).^[1]

Annual rainfall ranges between 1250 and 1500 mm (50–60 in), with snowfalls regularly experienced in winter.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rowe, R.K. "Cobbler land system". A study of the land in the catchments of the upper Ovens and King Rivers. Soil Conservation Authority. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Place Names Search: Mount Cobbler". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Valleys and Bluffs – car tours and walks around Wabonga Plateau, Mt Cobbler and Powers Lookout". Alpine National Park. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
↑ "Circuit Road – Mt. Stirling". Forests Notes. DSE – Mansfield. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

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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