List of highest mountains of Tasmania

The Australian island state of Tasmania has a diverse range of geography but a prominent feature is the mountains of the island. Overall Tasmania is comparatively low-lying with the highest point at 1,617 metres (5,305 ft). Tasmania has ten peaks over the height of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft). With thirty peaks higher than 1,200 metres (3,937 ft), it is one of the most mountainous islands in the world, and Tasmania is Australia's most mountainous state.

The majority of the mountain peaks of Tasmania are located in the Western half of the state, starting at the coast in the South West and extending inland to the north, or in the Central Highlands.

Tasmania's mountains were part of an ancient range of volcanic peaks from the period of Gondwana, and are the source of a large portion of Tasmania's wealth in the form of mining. Although the eastern half of the state is generally lower and flatter, there are still sizeable peaks located there..

Historical peaks

As late as the mid-1950s adequate surveying of the mountains had not been completed - with the height of 19 peaks described as about in the list in Walch's Tasmanian Almanac of the over 115 peaks mentioned The lack of sufficient surveying at that time also had the order of the top 10 peaks had:

1. Mount Ossa
2. Legges Tor
3. Barn Bluff
4. Mount Pelion West
5. Cradle Mountain
6. Stack's Bluff
7. Mount Gould
8. Mount Rufus
9. Eldon Peak
10. Mount Olympus

When Wilkinson did his 'The Abels' in 1994, items 1-9 were the same as the current list, however Mount Geryon was not in the Abels list, and Mount Gould had not been adequately given height data at that stage.

Notable peaks

The following notable mountain peaks in Tasmania range in heights from 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) above sea level to over 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) above sea level.

Rank	Name	Altitude AHD		Location	Prominence	Range	Parent	Notes
		m	ft
1	Mount Ossa	1,617	5,305		1,614 metres (5,295 ft)	Du Cane	n/a
2	Legges Tor	1,572	5,157		1,303 metres (4,275 ft)	Ben Lomond	n/a
3	Giblin Peak	1,569	5,148		9 metres (30 ft)	Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
4	Mount Pelion West	1,560	5,118		469 metres (1,539 ft)	Pelion
5	Barn Bluff	1,559	5,115		622 metres (2,041 ft)	Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque
6	Cradle Mountain	1,545	5,069		355 metres (1,165 ft)
7	Markham Heights	1,542	5,059			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
8	Hamilton Crags	1,540	5,052			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
9	Smithies Peak	1,527	5,010		17 metres (56 ft)	Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque
	Stacks Bluff	1,527	5,010			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
11	Du Cane Range (unnamed peak)	1,520	4,987			Du Cane	Mount Ossa
12	Mount Geryon North	1,516	4,974			Du Cane	Mount Ossa
13	Mount Massif	1,514	4,967		204 metres (669 ft)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa
14	Misery Bluff	1,510	4,954			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
15	Mount Geryon South	1,509	4,951			Du Cane	Mount Ossa
	King Davids Peak	1,509	4,951
17	Ossian’s Throne	1,498	4,915			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
	Coalmine Crag	1,498	4,915			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
19	Mount Gould	1,485	4,872		355 metres (1,165 ft)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa
20	Castle Crag	1,482	4,862			Du Cane	Mount Ossa
	Mount Thetis	1,482	4,862		285 metres (935 ft)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa
22	The Acropolis	1,481	4,859		171 metres (561 ft)	Du Cane	Mount Ossa
23	Mount Hyperion	1,480	4,856
24	Magnet Crag	1,464	4,803			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
25	Mount Pelion East	1,461	4,793		335 metres (1,099 ft)	Pelion	Mount Ossa
26	Mount Jerusalem	1,459	4,787
27	Mount Olympus	1,449	4,754
	Cumner Bluff	1,449	4,754
29	Mount Gell	1,447	4,747
30	Solomons Throne	1,446	4,744
	Frenchmans Cap	1,446	4,744		966 metres (3,169 ft)
32	Ironstone Mountain	1,443	4,734			Great Western Tiers	n/a
33	Eldon Peak	1,440	4,724		610 metres (2,001 ft)	Eldon Range	n/a
34	Mount Field West	1,434	4,705
35	Mersey Crag (Ben Lomond)	1,432	4,698			Ben Lomond	Legges Tor
36	Walled Mountain	1,431	4,695
37	Mount Anne	1,425	4,675
38	Western Bluff	1,420	4,659
	Barrow Mountain	1,420	4,659
40	Mount Rufus	1,416	4,646
41	Macs Mountain	1,413	4,636
42	Mount Emmett	1,410	4,626
43	Fisher Bluff	1,408	4,619
44	Twin Spires (Cathedral Mountain)	1,406	4,613
45	Mount Hugel	1,403	4,603
46	Mount Achilles	1,363	4,472
47	Mount Ragoona	1,350	4,429
48	Mount Mawson	1,300	4,265
49	Mount Murchison	1,275	4,183
50	Kunanyi / Mount Wellington	1,269	4,163		693 metres (2,274 ft)	Wellington	n/a
51	Hartz Peak	1,255	4,117
	Mother Cummings Peak	1,255	4,117			Great Western Tiers
53	Mount Roland	1,234	4,049
54	Quamby Bluff	1,228	4,029			Great Western Tiers
55	Adamsons Peak	1,225	4,019
56	Federation Peak	1,224	4,016
57	Artillery Knob	1,216	3,990
58	Mount Victoria	1,207	3,960
59	Interview Pinnacle	1,200	3,937

See also

• Tasmap and links for indication of the mapping of these mountains

Further reading

• Caine, Nel. (1983) The mountains of northeastern Tasmania: a study of alpine geomorphology Rotterdam: Balkema; Salem, NH, USA. ISBN 90-6191-289-X.
• Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications ISBN 0-949457-67-1.

External links

• Top 10 peaks
• Peak-Bagger's Guide to Tasmanian Mountains
• A List of Tasmania's High Places (compiled by the Bushwalk-Tasmania forum).

• Walch's Tasmanian Almanac for 1956 - pp.416-417
• * Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications ISBN 0-949457-67-1. page 43+ Table B - The Abels arranged in Order of Altitude.