Mount Black (Tasmania)

Mount Black
Mount Black is located in Tasmania
Mount Black
Mount Black
Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation950 m (3,120 ft)
Coordinates41°45′36″S 145°33′36″E / 41.76000°S 145.56000°E / -41.76000; 145.56000[1]
Geography
LocationWestern Tasmania, Australia
Parent rangeWest Coast Range
Topo map8014
Geology
Rock ageJurassic
Climbing
Easiest routeMurchison Highway

Mount Black is a mountain on the West Coast Range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.[2] With an elevation of 950 metres (3,117 ft) above sea level, the mountain is located adjacent to the town of Rosebery.

The Murchison Highway passes around its lower slopes.[3]

It is the location of some former exploration and mine sites.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Mount Black (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 144 (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania: 1–13. doi:10.26749/rstpp.144.1. ISSN 0080-4703. S2CID 126902525. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ Maclean, Charles; Aplin, Neil; Transport Tasmania. Transport Policy Unit (1981), An evaluation of a proposal for climbing lanes on the Mount Black section of the Murchison Highway, Transport Policy Unit, retrieved 25 February 2015 {{citation}}: |author3= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "MOUNT BLACK PROPRIETARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 15 August 1896. p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ^ "SOUTH MOUNT BLACK". Daily Telegraph. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2015.