Mount Huxley (Tasmania)
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Mount Huxley is a mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania
, named by Charles Gould
in 1863 after Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.
A smaller of the west coast range mountains, with a large 200 metre outcrop/rock face on its southern side above the King River gorge just west of the Crotty Dam - parts of which are visible along the river gorge from the West Coast Wilderness Railway
where it commences following the King River.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, named by Charles Gould
Charles Gould (geologist)
Charles Gould was the first Geological Surveyor of Tasmania 1859-69.He was born on the 4th June 1834 in England He conducted three expeditions into Western Tasmania in the 1860's.He named many of the mountains on the West Coast Range....
in 1863 after Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.
A smaller of the west coast range mountains, with a large 200 metre outcrop/rock face on its southern side above the King River gorge just west of the Crotty Dam - parts of which are visible along the river gorge from the West Coast Wilderness Railway
West Coast Wilderness Railway
The West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway between Queenstown and Regatta Point...
where it commences following the King River.
Location
- North of the King River Gorge, and Crotty Dam.
- North of Mount JukesMount Jukes (Tasmania)Mount Jukes is a mountain in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. It was named by Charles Gould in 1862 after Professor Joseph Beete Jukes, English geologist, who was involved in issues relating to Charles Darwin...
- West of the Tofft River and Thureau Hills
- West of Lake BurburyLake BurburyLake Burbury is a man-made lake created by the Crotty Dam made by Hydro Tasmania inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. It has a surface area of 54 square kilometres....
, Tasmania - South of Mount Owen
- South of QueenstownQueenstown, TasmaniaQueenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania. It is located in a valley on western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range.It had a population of 5,119 people . At the 2006 census, Queenstown had a population of 2,117....