Mount Canobolas | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,397 m (4,583 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 33°20′39″S 148°58′56″E / 33.344253°S 148.982309°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location in New South Wales | |
Location | Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
Parent range | Main Range, Great Dividing Range |
Topo map | Cudal |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Extinct volcano |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1835 – Major Thomas Mitchell (European) |
Easiest route | Drive |
Mount Canobolas, a mountain on a spur of the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
With an elevation of 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) above sea level,[1] Mount Canobolas, an extinct volcano, is the highest mountain in the region. Situated 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of the city of Orange, it is about 250 kilometres (155 mi) west of Sydney.
The northern slopes of the mountain, with fertile volcanic soil, is a popular cold-climate wine producing area.