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Mount Darwin
Mount DarwinLocation in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation	1,033 m (3,389 ft)
Coordinates	42°15′00″S 145°35′48″E / 42.25000°S 145.59667°E / -42.25000; 145.59667 (Mount Darwin)
Geography
Location	Western Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	West Coast Range
Geology
Rock age	Jurassic

Mount Darwin is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

With an elevation of 1,033 metres (3,389 ft) above sea level, the mountain is situated on the West Coast Range. On the eastern side of the mountain is 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 is west of it.

The mountain is named in honour of Charles Darwin.

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 field.

Features and access

The mountain 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.

Additional features located adjacent to the mountain includes a series of valleys and depressions called respectively the East Darwin Cirque, the South Darwin Cirque, and the Darwin Crater, a probable impact crater, lying 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) to the south-east of the mountain; the South Darwin Peak, a hill; and the Darwin Plateau.

See also

• Darwin glass
• List of highest mountains of Tasmania

References

1. "Mount Darwin (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
3. Geological map of Mount Darwin region with relief shown by contours: Darwin (Map). 1:25,000. Tasmanian Geological Survey. 2001. Sheet 3832.
4. Waller, George A; Tasmania. Department of Mines (1903), Report on Findon's copper sections, Mount Darwin, Dept. of Mines, retrieved 16 June 2015
5. "East Darwin Cirque (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
6. "South Darwin Cirque (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
7. "Darwin Crater (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
8. "South Darwin Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
9. Jones, A. T. (November 1993), The geology, geochemistry and structure of the Mount Darwin-South Darwin Peak area, western Tasmania, retrieved 16 June 2015
10. "The South Mount, Darwin[?] Mineral Field TASMANIA". Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 12 October 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
11. "Darwin Plateau (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.

Further reading

• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
• Whitham, Charles (1927). "Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty". The Geographical Journal. 69 (1): 83. Bibcode:1927GeogJ..69...83W. doi:10.2307/1782877. JSTOR 1782877.

External links

• West Coast Range on Google Maps
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070907132410/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

v t e Mountains in Tasmania, Australia
Arthur Range	Eastern Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft)
Ben Lomond	Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft) Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft) Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft) Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft) Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft) Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft) Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 ft)
Du Cane Range	unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft) Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft) Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft) Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft) Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Eldon Range	Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft) Eldon Bluff
Great Western Tiers	Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)
Pelion Range	Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft) Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft) Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)
Wellington Range	Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)
West Coast Range	Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft) Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft) Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft) Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft) Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft) Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft) Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft) Heemskirk Agnew (848 m or 2,782 ft) Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft) Heemskirk (751 m or 2,464 ft) Zeehan (701 m or 2,300 ft) Sticht unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft) Tyndall Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)
Not in a defined range	Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft) Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft) Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft)
Highest summit elevation in Tasmania Category

• Mountains of Tasmania
• West Coast Range