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Mount Owen

Mount Owen is a mountain directly east of the town of on the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania, . With an elevation of 1,146 metres above sea level, like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range, it was named by the geologist Charles Gould after Richard Owen.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,146 metres
  • Description: mountain in the West Coast Range, Western Tasmania, situated east of Queenstown, Tasmania
  • Also known as: “Mount Owen, Tasmania” and “Mount Owen, Western Tasmania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horsetail Falls.

Waterfall
Photo: Titandrake, CC0.
is a seasonal waterfall near . The falls cascades over 50 metres down a steep cliff face, and can be seen from the road. A boardwalk giving closer access was opened in 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queenstown.

Photo: Wiki ian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an old mining town in Western Tasmania, that has been recognised by the National Trust as a historic town. It is about a 4 hour drive from on the Lyell Highway.

Mount Owen

Latitude
-42.09801° or 42° 5′ 53″ south
Longitude
145.60405° or 145° 36′ 15″ east
Elevation
1,146 metres (3,760 feet)
Open location code
4R97WJ23+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2376801513
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2154069
Wiki­data ID
Q1950622
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Owen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Owen” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Owen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اوين (اوستراليا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اوين”
  • German: “Mount Owen (Tasmanien)”
  • German: “Mount Owen”
  • Ladin: “Mount Owen”
  • Swedish: “Mount Owen, Tasmanien”
  • Swedish: “Mount Owen”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Antennas and Little Owen.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Owen”. Photo: MorrisWinston, CC BY-SA 3.0.