| Cradle Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Warloundigerler[1] | |
 Cradle Mountain as seen from the north, across Dove Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,545 m (5,069 ft)[2][3] |
| Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 4.95 km (3.08 mi)[2] |
| Listing | 6th-highest mountain in Tasmania[2] |
| Coordinates | 41°40′48″S 145°56′24″E / 41.68000°S 145.94000°E[4] |
| Geography | |
  Cradle Mountain Location in Tasmania | |
| Location | Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia |
| Parent range | Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | dolerite |
| Climbing | |
| Normal route | Walk / hike via the Overland Track |
Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
At 1,545 metres (5,069 ft) above sea level, it is the sixth-highest mountain in Tasmania.[2]
The locality of Cradle Mountain is a rural locality in the local government areas of Meander Valley, Kentish and West Coast in the Launceston and North-west and west local government regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 109 kilometres (68 mi) west of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census has a population of 66 for the state suburb of Cradle Mountain.[5] Cradle Mountain was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[6] Cradle Mountain (the mountain) occupies a small area in the north-west of the locality, which occupies the northern half of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.[7] Route C132 (Cradle Mountain Road / Dove Lake Road) enters from the north and runs south to Dove Lake, where it ends.[6][8]
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- ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Cradle Mountain". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "38113D", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Cradle Mountain, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.