Mount Thetis

Mount Thetis
Mount Thetis Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation	1,482 m (4,862 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	285 m (935 ft) ^[1]
Isolation	2.97 km (1.85 mi) ^[1]
Listing	20th highest mountain in Tasmania
Coordinates	41°51′36″S 145°59′24″E / 41.86000°S 145.99000°E / -41.86000; 145.99000 (Mount Thetis)Coordinates: 41°51′36″S 145°59′24″E / 41.86000°S 145.99000°E / -41.86000; 145.99000 (Mount Thetis) ^[2]
Geography
Location	Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	Du Cane
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Mountain type	Dolerite

Mount Thetis is a mountain in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Du Cane Range and is situated within the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It is a major feature of the national park, and is a popular venue with bushwalkers and mountain climbers.

With an elevation of 1,482 metres (4,862 ft) above sea level, Mount Thetis is the twentieth highest mountain in Tasmania.

References

1 2 3 "Mount Thetis, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Mount Thetis (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 Thetis

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