Cobberas Range
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The Cobberas Range is a mountain range
in north-eastern Victoria in Australia. The range is located in the Cobberas Wilderness area of the Alpine National Park
.
Peaks include:
In January 1854, Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
passed through the area on the second of his three expeditions to the Alps. He collected a large number of plants, many of which had not been previously recorded.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
in north-eastern Victoria in Australia. The range is located in the Cobberas Wilderness area of the Alpine National Park
Alpine National Park
The Alpine National Park is a national park in Victoria , northeast of Melbourne. It covers much of the higher areas of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, including Victoria's highest point, Mount Bogong and the associated subalpine woodland and grassland of the Bogong High Plains...
.
Peaks include:
- Mount Cobberas No. 1
- Mount Cobberas No. 2
- Moscow Peak
- Middle Peak
- Cleft Peak
In January 1854, Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
passed through the area on the second of his three expeditions to the Alps. He collected a large number of plants, many of which had not been previously recorded.