Mount Read

Mount Read
Mount Read is located in Tasmania
Mount Read
Mount Read
Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Elevation1,123 m (3,684 ft)[1]
Coordinates41°50′24″S 145°32′24″E / 41.84000°S 145.54000°E / -41.84000; 145.54000 (Mount Read)[2]
Geography
LocationWest Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Parent rangeWest Coast Range

Mount Read is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia, and is at the north west edge of the West Coast Range.[3]

With an elevation of 1,123 metres (3,684 ft) above sea level, Mount Read has had as colourful a history, similar to that of Mount Lyell, with mines, settlements and other activities on its slopes for over a hundred years.

  1. ^ "Mount Read, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Mount Read (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 126902525. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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