Mount Geryon

Mount Geryon
The east face of Mount Geryon, as seen from the top of The Acropolis
Highest point
Elevation	1,516 m (4,974 ft) ^[1]^[2]
Prominence	580 m (1,900 ft) ^[2]
Isolation	6.57 km (4.08 mi) ^[2]
Listing	12th/15th highest mountain in Tasmania^[2]
Coordinates	41°55′12″S 146°03′00″E / 41.92000°S 146.05000°E / -41.92000; 146.05000 (Mount Geryon)Coordinates: 41°55′12″S 146°03′00″E / 41.92000°S 146.05000°E / -41.92000; 146.05000 (Mount Geryon) ^[3]
Geography
Mount Geryon Location in Tasmania
Location	Central Highlands of Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	Du Cane
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Mountain type	Dolomite

Mount Geryon is a mountain in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is part of the Du Cane Range and is situated within the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

With two peaks, Mount Geryon North has an elevation of 1,516 metres (4,974 ft) above sea level and is the twelfth highest mountain Tasmania. Mount Geryon South, with an elevation of 1,509 metres (4,951 ft) above sea level, is the fifteenth highest peak in Tasmania.

The mountain is a major feature of the national park, and is a popular venue with bushwalkers and mountain climbers. It has more than 40 ascent routes for climbers, some of which are over 300 metres (980 ft) in height; however, it is the impressive east face at 500 metres (1,600 ft) in height for which Mount Geryon is most popular.

There is a famous nearby tarn which is known as the Pool of Memories.

References

↑ "LISTmap (Stacks Bluff)". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
1 2 3 4 "Mount Geryon, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Mount Geryon (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.

External links

Parks Tasmania
Kiernan , Kevin (1992). "Mountain geomorphology and the Last Glaciation at Lake St Clair" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania) 126: 47–57. OCLC 271191704. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Ben Lomond Range

Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft)
Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft)
Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft)
Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft)
Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft)
Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft)
Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft)

Du Cane Range

unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft)
Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft)
Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft)
Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft)
Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft)
Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft)

Eldon Range

Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft)
Eldon Bluff

Great Western Tiers

Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)

Pelion Range

Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft)
Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft)
Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)

Wellington Range

Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)

West Coast Range

Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft)
Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft)
Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft)
Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft)
Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft)
Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft)
Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft)
Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft)
Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft)

Tyndall	Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)

Sticht	unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)

Not in a defined range

Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)

Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements

Governance

Mountains

Du Cane Range	The Acropolis Castle Crag Geryon Gould Ossa Thetis

Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque	Barn Bluff Cradle Smithies

Cathedral	Cathedral

Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mother Cummings Quamby Bluff

Pelion Range	Pelion East Pelion West

National parks
Other conservation areas

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair
Mole Creek Karst
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Walls of Jerusalem

Central Plateau Conservation Area

Interlaken Lakeside Reserve

Rivers

Lakes

Arthurs
Augusta
Binney
Bradys
Bronte
Crescent
Echo
Great
King William
Lagoon of Islands
Mackenzie
Pine Lagoon
St Clair
Sorell

Dams

Meander

Power stations

Transport

Landmarks

other

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Mount Geryon

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