Mount Terrible (Victoria)

Mount Terrible
The sign at the summit
Elevation	1,325 metres (4,347 ft) AHD ^[1]
Location
Mount Terrible Victoria, Australia
Range	Great Dividing Range
Coordinates	37°23′44″S 146°8′25″E / 37.39556°S 146.14028°E / -37.39556; 146.14028Coordinates: 37°23′44″S 146°8′25″E / 37.39556°S 146.14028°E / -37.39556; 146.14028^[2]

Mount Terrible is a mountain within the Great Dividing Range, located to the south-west of Kevington in Victoria, Australia.^[2]^[3] The mountain is located within the 100 hectares (250 acres) Mount Terrible Natural Features and Scenic Reserve.^[4]

Location and features

Its peak is 1,325 metres (4,347 ft) AHD and affords excellent views.^[5] The walk up the spur from the Kevington Pub is an excellent, if strenuous 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) climb with spectacular views. A fire lookout tower was installed in 1962.^[6] It is a steel structure measuring 22 metres (72 ft) high and has a cabin on top. The tower is utilised for communications by Telstra, Ambulance Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian State Emergency Service, LSE Technology and the Upper Goulburn Repeater Association (UHF CB).^[7]^[8]

Access to the summit is via a 4 wheel drive track. The track is rocky, and may be covered by snow in the winter.^[5]

References

↑ "Mount Terrible, Victoria". peakbagger. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Place Names Search: Mount Terrible". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
↑ Mansfield - Baw Baw Four-Wheel-Drive Map (Map) (1 ed.). 1:100,000. Spatial Vision.
↑ "7. Jamieson Landscape Zone". Biodiversity Action Planning – Landscape plans for the Goulburn Broken CMA − South East Goulburn Broken. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lake Eildon, VIC". The Great Outdoors. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
↑ "Mt. Terrible". Fire Lookouts Downunder. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
↑ "Comms Site MT TERRIBLE". Australian Communications and Media Authority. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
↑ "Upper Goulburn Repeater Association Inc. general charter". Upper Goulburn Repeater Association. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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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) The Green Hill (1,241 m or 4,072 ft) Sugarloaf (904 m or 2,966 ft) The Cathedral (801 m or 2,628 ft) South Jawbone Peak (761 m or 2,497 ft)

Cobberas Range	Cobberas No. 1 (1,810 m or 5,938 ft) Cobberas No. 2 Moscow Peak Middle Peak Cleft Peak

Cobbler Plateau	Speculation (1,648 m or 5,407 ft) Cobbler (1,628 m or 5,341 ft) Koonika (1,545 m or 5,069 ft) Despair (1,460 m or 4,790 ft)

Other	Bogong (1,986 m or 6,516 ft) Feathertop (1,922 m or 6,306 ft) Loch (1,865 m or 6,119 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) Buggery (Alpine) (1,598 m or 5,243 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) Mueller (1,460 m or 4,790 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) Buggery (Wangaratta) (1,153 m or 3,783 ft) Bulla Bulla (906 m or 2,972 ft) Dom Dom (740 m or 2,428 ft) Brumby Point Pine

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) Teneriffe (444 m or 1,457 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) Leura (313 m or 1,027 ft) Noorat (310 m or 1,017 ft) Elephant (240 m or 787 ft) Warrnambool (216 m or 709 ft) Eccles (178 m or 584 ft) Wycheproof (148 m or 486 ft) Cooper (137 m or 449 ft) Hopeless Typo

Mount Terrible (Victoria)

Location and features

See also

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