Mount Kaye

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Mount Kaye
Mount Kaye Victoria, Australia
Elevation	998 metres (3,274 ft) (approx) AHD ^[1]
Location
Coordinates	37°23′40″S 149°14′50″E / 37.39444°S 149.24722°E / -37.39444; 149.24722Coordinates: 37°23′40″S 149°14′50″E / 37.39444°S 149.24722°E / -37.39444; 149.24722

Mount Kaye is a mountain in the Coopracambra National Park, north of the township of Cann River in East Gippsland in Victoria, Australia.^[2]^[3]

Geology

The Mount Kaye Range is an outcrop of black and white Noorinbee Granodiorite, exposed on slopes and peaks. Small streams draining the range drop 300 metres in a series of falls and cascades to the Cann River at the base.^[4]

Flora

The area between Mount Kaye and Mount Denmarsh, together with the nearby Back Creek catchment, has high biological significance, containing a large number of rare plants including Long-leaf Bitter pea (Daviesia wyattiana), Tasmanian Waxflower (Philotheca virgata), Genoa Grevillea (Grevillea parvula), Finger Hakea (Hakea dactyloides), Rusty Velvet-bush (Lasiopetalum ferrugineum), New South Wales Pomaderris (Pomaderris ledifolia) and Monkey Mint-bush (Prostanthera walteri).^[5]^[6] The furthest extent of distribution for many sub-alpine species fom Tasmania as well as eastern New South Wales species is reached at the Mount Kaye area.^[5] An area of 8100 hectares around Mount Kaye is designated as a Remote and Natural Area under the National Parks Act.^[2]^[7]

Access

The nearest sealed road to the mountain is the Monaro Highway which runs along the Cann River valley four kilometres to to the west.^[1] There are four-wheel drive tracks near Mount Kaye, however these are overgrown with difficult stream crossings and are suitable for emergency access only.^[2] Walking to the peak requires navigational skills and is physically demanding.^[8]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Kaye". Bonzle Digital Atlas. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Coopracambra National Park Management Plan". Parks Victoria. August 1998. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "Place Name Search: Mount Kaye". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "8723-6 Mount Kaye Range". Victorian Resources Online - East Gippsland. Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "East Gippsland Area Review". Land Conservation Council. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "Grevillea parvula". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
↑ "Mount Kaye Remote and Natural Area". protectedplanet.net. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "Coopracambra National Park Visitor Guide". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

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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