Mount Roland Conservation Area

Mount Roland
Mount Roland from the lookout at Sheffield
Highest point
Elevation	1,234 m (4,049 ft) AHD ^[1]
Prominence	563 m (1,847 ft) ^[1]
Listing	List of highest mountains of Tasmania
Coordinates	41°27′35″S 146°15′35″E / 41.45972°S 146.25972°E / -41.45972; 146.25972 (Mount Roland) ^[2]
Geography
Mount Roland Location in Tasmania
Location	North west Tasmania, Australia
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Mountain type	Dolerite

Mount Roland is a mountain and conservation area in the north west coast region of Tasmania, Australia.^[3]

It is near the town of Sheffield. The peak rises to 1,234 metres (4,049 ft) above sea level^[1] and there are a number of well-marked bushwalks suitable for a day of pleasant exercise. There are long established walking tracks from both Claude Road and Gowrie Park to the summit.^[4]^[5]^[6]

A Mount Roland cable car has been proposed for the mountain on several occasions.^[7] The local community remains divided over the suitability or desirability of a cable car. ^[8]

References

1 2 3 "Mount Roland, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Mount Roland (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ University of Tasmania. Institute for Regional Development; Mount Roland Steering Committee (Tas.) (2011), Mount Roland developing a destination, University of Tasmania, retrieved 12 July 2012
↑ "ON MOUNT ROLAND.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1910. p. 4 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ Tasmania. Dept. of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (1990), Mount Roland day walk map, Tasmap, retrieved 12 July 2012
↑ Mount Roland day walk map, Tasmap, 1986, retrieved 12 July 2012
↑ "Cable car tourism push for Sheffield’s Mt Roland". The Mercury. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/221223/MOUNT_ROLAND_REPORT-FINAL-06072011.pdf

Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Arthur Range

Eastern	Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft)

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)
Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 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)
Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 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

Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft)
Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)
Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft)

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Mount Roland Conservation Area

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