Mount Gibbo

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Mount Gibbo
Mount Gibbo Victoria, Australia
Elevation	1,757 metres (5,764 ft) AHD ^[1]
Location
Range	Great Dividing Range
Coordinates	36°36′42″S 147°57′43″E / 36.61167°S 147.96194°E / -36.61167; 147.96194Coordinates: 36°36′42″S 147°57′43″E / 36.61167°S 147.96194°E / -36.61167; 147.96194

Mount Gibbo is a mountain in the Australian Alps. It is 38 kilometres to the north-east of Benambra in Victoria, Australia and lies within the Mount Gibbo Natural Features and Scenic Reserve managed by Parks Victoria.^[2] The reserve, which covers 1493.1 hectares, was established in 1979.^[3] On the northern side of the mountain, Ordovician sediments are exposed on the steep slopes.^[4] Surrounding peaks include Mount Pinnibar (1772 metres) to the north, Mount Hope (1558 metres) to the south-east and Mount Sassafras (1587 metres) to the west.^[5]^[6] Plant species found in the reserve include the rare Alpine Phebalium (Phebalium squamulosum subsp. ozothamnoides) and the endangered Kosciuszko Grevillea (Grevillea victoriae subsp. nivalis).^[7]^[8] The area was extensively burned by a bushfire in 2003.^[8]

References

↑ "Prominent summits above 1200 m (Mt Feathertop, Mt Howitt, Mt Buller)". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
↑ "Mount Gibbo". Place Name Search. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
↑ [http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/mount-gibbo-n.f.s.r. "Mount Gibbo Natural Features and Scenic Reserve"]. Parks Victoria. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
↑ "8424-1 Mount Gibbo". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
↑ VicRoads country street directory of Victoria (Map 51) (3 ed.). Noble Park, Victoria: Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. ISSN 1329-5284.
↑ "Zones - Map No 37". Towong Planning Scheme. Department of Planning and Community Development. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
↑ "Occurrence Record: MEL:MEL1599494A". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Occurrence Record: MEL:MEL2185830A". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

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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