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Mount Huxley
Mount Huxley, taken from the Queenstown airport
Highest point
Elevation	926 m (3,038 ft)
Coordinates	42°08′24″S 145°35′24″E / 42.14000°S 145.59000°E / -42.14000; 145.59000 (Mount Huxley)
Geography
Mount HuxleyLocation in Tasmania
Location	West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	West Coast Range
Topo map	Owen: 3833

Mount Huxley is a mountain located on the West Coast Range in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 926 metres (3,038 ft) above sea level, the mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 in honour of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.

One of the smaller peaks in the West Coast Range, the mountain comprises a large 200-metre (660 ft) outcrop and 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.

Goldfield

Between April and June 1894 there was a goldfield situated on the slopes, and a syndicate that was discovered to have salted the mine site, with three alleged proponents, Isaac Bertram Barker, William Price and Antonio Briscoe, charged with fraud. On 1 July the Crown Solicitor told a magistrate that while the mine had undoubtedly been salted, there was insufficient evidence, and the charges were withdrawn.

Location and access

The mountain is located north of the King River Gorge and Crotty Dam and north of Mount Jukes; west of the Tofft River, Thureau Hills, and Lake Burbury; south of Mount Owen and Queenstown.

A very rough track approaches the mountain from the north, and from the south Queenstown area. The southern side is sheer cliff into the King River Gorge.

Gallery

• Mount Huxley showing rocky outcrop on the south face above the King River Gorge.
• Mount Huxley from the air – from the southwest, and higher than picture at top.
• Mount Huxley from the air – from the west northwest from above the old Queenstown landing strip, circa 1975.
• Mount Huxley from the air, at left, King River Gorge centre, Mount Jukes Highway to right, and Lake Burbury and the Crotty Dam at rear.

See also

• List of highest mountains of Tasmania

References

1. "Mount Huxley (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
2. ^ 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. ISSN 0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
3. ^ "THE MOUNT HUXLEY CASE – NO EVIDENCE TO OFFER – ACCUSED DISCHARGED". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 2 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLDFIELD". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "TASMANIA". The Inquirer & Commercial News. Perth. 8 June 1894. p. 22. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLD-FIELD". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 July 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2012 – via National Library of Australia.

Further reading

• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
• Crawford, Patsy (2000). King: Story of a River. Montpelier Press. ISBN 1-876597-02-X.
• Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania – A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
• Owen (Map) (2 ed.). 1:25,000. 3833. Tasmap. 2001.

External links

• West Coast Range on Google Maps
• context of World Heritage Area

v t e Mountains in Tasmania, Australia
Arthur Range	Eastern Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft)
Ben Lomond	Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft) Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft) Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft) Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft) Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft) Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft) Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 ft)
Du Cane Range	unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft) Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft) Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft) Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft) Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Eldon Range	Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft) Eldon Bluff
Great Western Tiers	Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft)
Pelion Range	Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft) Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft) Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft)
Wellington Range	Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft)
West Coast Range	Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft) Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft) Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft) Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft) Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft) Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft) Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft) Heemskirk Agnew (848 m or 2,782 ft) Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft) Heemskirk (751 m or 2,464 ft) Zeehan (701 m or 2,300 ft) Sticht unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft) Tyndall Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)
Not in a defined range	Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft) Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft) Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft)
Highest summit elevation in Tasmania Category

• Mountains of Tasmania
• West Coast Range
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