Mount Massif

Mount Massif
Mount Massif Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation	1,514 m (4,967 ft) ^[1]^[2]
Prominence	204 m (669 ft) ^[2]
Isolation	2.57 km (1.60 mi) ^[2]
Listing	13th highest mountain in Tasmania^[2]
Coordinates	41°54′00″S 146°02′24″E / 41.90000°S 146.04000°E / -41.90000; 146.04000 (Mount Massif)Coordinates: 41°54′00″S 146°02′24″E / 41.90000°S 146.04000°E / -41.90000; 146.04000 (Mount Massif) ^[3]
Geography
Location	Central Highlands Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	Du Cane
Topo map	4235 Du Cane 1:25000
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Mountain type	Dolerite
Climbing
Easiest route	Walk / hike via the Overland Track

Mount Massif is a mountain in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. Situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, the mountain is part of the Du Cane Range.

With an elevation of 1,514 metres (4,967 ft) above sea level, it is the thirteenth highest mountain in Tasmania.^[2] It is a major feature of the national park, and is a popular venue with bushwalkers and mountain climbers.

References

↑ "LISTmap (Mount Massif)". Department of Primary Industries and Water. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Massif, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Mount Massif (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)

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Mount Massif

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