Mount Gibbo

{{Short description|Mountain in Victoria, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

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| name = Mount Gibbo

| photo = Watching a storm over the Upper Murray River catchment area.jpg

| photo_caption = Watching a storm roll in over the Upper Murray River catchment area, from Mount Gibbo. Photo by Leigh Blackall

| elevation = {{convert|1757|m|ft|0}} {{AHD}}{{cite web|title=Prominent summits above 1200 m (Mt Feathertop, Mt Howitt, Mt Buller)|work=Victorian Resources Online|publisher=Department of Primary Industries|url=http://vro.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/landform_geomorphological_framework_1.4.1|accessdate=22 January 2013}}

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| range = Great Dividing Range

| location = Victoria, Australia

| map = Australia Victoria

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| coordinates = {{coord|36|36|42|S|147|57|43|E|type:mountain_region:AU-VIC_scale:50000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Mount Gibbo is a mountain in the Australian Alps. It is 38 kilometres to the north-east of Benambra in Victoria, Australia and lies within the Mount Gibbo Natural Features and Scenic Reserve managed by Parks Victoria.{{cite web|title=Mount Gibbo|work=Place Name Search|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=MT&submit1=VIC16243|accessdate=25 June 2012}} The reserve, which covers 1493.1 hectares, was established in 1979.{{cite web|title=Mount Gibbo Natural Features and Scenic Reserve|publisher=Parks Victoria|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/mount-gibbo-n.f.s.r.|accessdate=25 June 2012}} On the northern side of the mountain, Ordovician sediments are exposed on the steep slopes.{{cite web|title=8424-1 Mount Gibbo|work=Victorian Resources Online|publisher=Department of Primary Industries|url=http://vro.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/egregn.nsf/pages/eg_lf_sites_significance_8424_1|accessdate=25 June 2012}} Surrounding peaks include Mount Pinnibar (1772 metres) to the north, Mount Hope (1558 metres) to the south-east and Mount Sassafras (1587 metres) to the west.{{cite book|title=VicRoads country street directory of Victoria (Map 51)|publisher=Royal Automobile Club of Victoria|location=Noble Park, Victoria|edition=3| issn=1329-5284}}{{cite web|title=Zones - Map No 37|work=Towong Planning Scheme|publisher=Department of Planning and Community Development|url=http://planningschemes.dpcd.vic.gov.au/towong/Maps/towong37zn.pdf|accessdate=26 June 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Plant species found in the reserve include the rare Alpine Phebalium (Phebalium squamulosum subsp. ozothamnoides) and the endangered Kosciuszko Grevillea (Grevillea victoriae subsp. nivalis).{{cite web|title=Occurrence Record: MEL:MEL1599494A |work=Atlas of Living Australia|url=http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrence/6c264202-4daa-49a2-a957-d2194a897ecf| accessdate=25 June 2012}}{{cite web|title=Occurrence Record: MEL:MEL2185830A|work=Atlas of Living Australia|url=http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/4fc9b40a-8322-4162-9de5-1c737b047cf9|accessdate=25 June 2012}} The area was extensively burned by a bushfire in 2003.