Mount Darwin (Tasmania)
Encyclopedia
Mount Darwin, Tasmania is a mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania
, named after Charles Darwin
.
, a long-abandoned town site. Mount Darwin is the southernmost mountain of the West Coast range. Mount Jukes
is north of the mountain while Mount Sorell
lies west of it.
It was possible in the 1970s to travel to the top of Mount Darwin in four wheel drive vehicles.
The tracks also lead over towards the Clark River Valley which lies between Darwin and Mount Sorell to the west, and some tracks also were made on the ridge between Mount Darwin and the southern side of Mount Jukes.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, named after Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
.
Location
On the eastern side of the mountain sits DarwinDarwin Townsite, Tasmania
Darwin Townsite, TasmaniaLocation: 42° 14' S 145° 36'EA surveyed and short lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on theWest Coast Range....
, a long-abandoned town site. Mount Darwin is the southernmost mountain of the West Coast range. Mount Jukes
Mount Jukes (Tasmania)
Mount Jukes is a mountain in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. It was named by Charles Gould in 1862 after Professor Joseph Beete Jukes, English geologist, who was involved in issues relating to Charles Darwin...
is north of the mountain while Mount Sorell
lies west of it.
Mine sites
Long abandoned short drives and shallow holes are found on Mount Darwin and are usually cited as being part of the Jukes-Darwin fieldMount Jukes Mine sites
The Mount Jukes Mine sites were a series of short-lived, small mine workings high on the upper regions of Mount Jukes in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia....
Access
It has a 'plateau', and has mining exploration tracks that lead to some of the older workings.It was possible in the 1970s to travel to the top of Mount Darwin in four wheel drive vehicles.
The tracks also lead over towards the Clark River Valley which lies between Darwin and Mount Sorell to the west, and some tracks also were made on the ridge between Mount Darwin and the southern side of Mount Jukes.
Named Features
The geosciences Australia database lists the following features -- East Darwin Cirque - (Valleys & Depressions)
- South Darwin Cirque - (Valleys & Depressions)
- South Darwin Peak - (Hills & Mountains)
- Darwin Plateau - (Other Landforms)
- Darwin CraterDarwin CraterDarwin Crater is a suspected meteorite impact crater in Western Tasmania, Australia. It is expressed as a rimless circular flat-floored depression, in diameter, within mountainous and heavily forested terrain south of Queenstown. It lies east of the West Coast Range and just within the...
- (Valleys & Depressions); this is a probable impact craterImpact craterIn the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
, lying 8.5 km to the southeast
External links
- West Coast Range on Google Maps
- http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html - context of World Heritage Area
- http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-vn3991445-s2 1958 photo from the east, including Mount Sorell's eastern slopes