Victorian Alps

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Victorian Alps
Victoria Alps, High Plains, High Country, The Alps
Mount Hotham (3rd highest peak), looking towards Mount Feathertop (2nd highest peak) in summer; during winter the alps are covered in snow.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Bogong
Elevation	1,986 m (6,516 ft) ^[1] AHD
Coordinates	36°43′56″S 147°18′21″E / 36.73222°S 147.30583°E / -36.73222; 147.30583Coordinates: 36°43′56″S 147°18′21″E / 36.73222°S 147.30583°E / -36.73222; 147.30583 ^[2]
Dimensions
Length	400 km (250 mi) NE-SW (approx)
Width	200 km (120 mi) E-W (approx)
Area	5,198.66 km² (2,007.21 sq mi) ^[3]
Geography
<div style="padding:2px 2px 5px 2px;> Location of the Victorian Alps in Victoria
Country	Australia
State/Province	Victoria
Range coordinates	^[4]
Parent range	Great Dividing Range
Borders on	New South Wales
Geology
Period	Devonian
Type of rock	Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic

The Victorian Alps, an extensive mountain range that forms the southern part of the Australian Alps located in the Australian state of Victoria, is part of the Great Dividing Range, an IBRA sub-bioregion of approximately 519,866 hectares (1,284,620 acres),^[3] and an administrative sub-region bordering the Gippsland and Hume regions.

Location and features

Comprising the Bogong High Plains, Bowen Range, Cathedral Range, Cobberas Range, and numerous other smaller ranges, the Victorian Alps include the Alpine Shire, parts of the East Gippsland Shire, and parts of the Mansfield Shire local government areas. The alps are sometimes called the High Plains or High Country,

The highest peak in the range is Mount Bogong at an elevation of 1,986 metres (6,516 ft) AHD, which is also the highest peak in Victoria.^[1]

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Bogong, Australia". Peakbagger.com.
↑ "Mount Bogong". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Australia's bioregions (IBRA)". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
↑ "Victoria Alps (sic)". Peakbagger.com.

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Regions and sub-regions	Barwon South West Gippsland Grampians / Central Highlands Loddon / Mallee Hume Melbourne Bellarine Goldfields Goulburn Valley Mornington Peninsula Otways Ovens and Murray Port Phillip Sunraysia Victorian Alps Western District Western Port Wimmera Yarra Valley

Cities and towns	Melbourne Geelong Wodonga Ballarat Bendigo Latrobe Valley Mildura Shepparton Wangaratta Warrnambool

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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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