Mount Murchison
Mount Murchison is a mountain on the West Coast Range, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. At 1,275 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the range and within the top thirty highest mountains in Tasmania.Photo: M J. Rutherford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,275 metres
- Description: mountain in West Coast Range, Western Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Mount Murchison, Tas.”, “Mount Murchison, Tasmania”, and “Murchison”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anthony Dam.
Anthony Dam
Power station
The Anthony Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam across the Anthony River, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1993, the resultant reservoir, Lake Plimsoll, was established for the purpose of generation of hydroelectricity via the below-ground Tribute Power Station, a conventional hydroelectric power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosebery and Tullah.
Rosebery
Photo: Bluedawe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is at the northern end of the West Coast Range, in the shadow of Mount Black and adjacent to the Pieman River, now Lake Pieman.
Tullah
Photo: Jtagi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tullah is a small town of 202 in West Coast Tasmania, surrounded by Lake Roseberry and Lake Mackintosh and impressive mountains that form a part of the West Coast Range.
Mount Murchison
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.80894° or 41° 48′ 32″ southLongitude
145.61796° or 145° 37′ 5″ eastElevation
1,275 metres (4,183 feet)Open location code
4RC75JR9+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2277768809OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Murchison from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Murchison” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Murchison (bukid sa Awstralya, State of Tasmania)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Murchison”
- Dutch: “Mount Murchison”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت موركيسون”
- German: “Mount Murchison (Tasmanien)”
- German: “Mount Murchison”
- Japanese: “マーチソン山”
- Ladin: “Mount Murchison”
- Swedish: “Mount Murchison (berg i Australien, Tasmanien)”
- Swedish: “Mount Murchison, Tasmanien”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shaded Lake and Little Sister.
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