Mount Lyell (Tasmania)

Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell is located in Tasmania
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell
Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation917 m (3,009 ft)
Coordinates42°03′00″S 145°36′36″E / 42.05000°S 145.61000°E / -42.05000; 145.61000[1]
Geography
LocationWestern Tasmania, Australia
Parent rangeWest Coast
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble but not from west (mining area)

Mount Lyell is a mountain in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia.

Mount Lyell has an elevation of 917 metres (3,009 ft) above sea level.[citation needed] The adjacent mountains are Mount Sedgwick to the north and Mount Owen to the south.

The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 after geologist Charles Lyell, a supporter of Charles Darwin.[2]

Mount Lyell was also the common short name of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.

  1. ^ "Mount Lyell (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. ISSN 0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.