Mount Wellington (Victoria)

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Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington

Victoria, Australia

Highest point
Elevation 1,634 metres (5,361 ft) AHD[1]
Coordinates 37°30′29″S 146°50′47″E / 37.50806°S 146.84639°E / -37.50806; 146.84639Coordinates: 37°30′29″S 146°50′47″E / 37.50806°S 146.84639°E / -37.50806; 146.84639[2]
Geography
Location Victoria, Australia
Parent range Great Dividing Range

Mount Wellington is a mountain located to the north-east of Licola in Victoria, Australia.[2] It is on the border of the Alpine National Park and Avon Wilderness Park.[3] The Avon River rises on its south-eastern slopes.[3]

The mountain is accessible via a seasonally-open four-wheel drive track that traverses the ridge line. Features along the track include Millers Hut (originally built in 1916[4]), Taylors Lookout, The Sentinels, and Gable End. To the near west lies Lake Tali Karng.[3]

Mount Wellington was named by Angus McMillan, who was also the first European to ascend the mountain.[5] In November 1854, Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller climbed the mountain on the third of his three expeditions to the Victorian Alps, collecting a large number of plants, including Alpine Wattle, Dwarf Buttercup and Lilac Berry.[6][7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. Map No.T8222-1-4-1 Topographic Map (Map). Vicmap.
  2. 1 2 "Place Names Search: Mount Wellington". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alpine National Park" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  4. "Millers Hut". Kosciuszko Huts Association. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. Mueller, Ferdinand. Definitions of Rare or Hitherto Undescribed Australian Plants; Chiefly Collected Within the Boundaries of the Colony of Victoria. p. 22.
  6. "Acacia alpina F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  7. "Ranunculus millanii F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  8. "Decaspora clarkei F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  9. Slattery, Deirdre (1998). The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-86840-319-9.


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