Mount Owen (Tasmanien)
Mount Owen (Vorlage:Coor dm) is the mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown in Tasmania, Australia. It has a small glacial lake on its upper eastern slope, indicating the extent of Glaciation in the King River valley.
Like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range - the taller were named after opponents or critics of Charles Darwin, the smaller after his supporters.
A map in Geoffrey Blainey's 'Peaks of Lyell' sourced from 1900-1910 calls the north west peak the 'North Spur', and the north western slopes clearly seen from Gormanston and the Linda Valley the 'Long Spur'.
The northern slopes, clearly visible from the Lyell Highway passing through the Linda Valley, show the extent of degradation due to fire, smelter fumes, and heavy rainfall.
The western slopes loom over Queenstown, and in winter are regularly covered in snow.
It also has TV and communications towers on its north west peak (North Spur). The track to this point has had vehicles use it.
The eastern wall to its north eastern peak that 'hangs over' the western shore of Lake Burbury, or in earlier times the North Mount Lyell Railway formation which passed beneath.
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West Coast Range Mountains sequence:
- North - Mount Lyell
- Mount Owen
- South - Mount Huxley
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References
- Blainey, Geoffrey: The Peaks of Lyell. 6th ed. St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart 2000, ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Whitham, Charles: Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty. Reprint 2003 Auflage. Municaplity of queenstown, queenstown, ISBN 09591281 Vorlage:Please check ISBN.