Tyndall Range
{{Short description|Mountains in Western Tasmania, Australia}}
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The Tyndall Range, commonly called The Tyndalls, is a mountain range that is part of the West Coast Range located in the Western region of Tasmania, Australia.
The main focal point for the range is Mount Tyndall which lies at the northern part of the range. The whole range western slopes can be viewed from the Anthony Road, while the plateau like formation of The Tyndalls is a road free area requiring viewing either from the air, or by foot.
Within the range lies the Tyndall Regional Reserve, a nature reserve that is the western buffer zone for the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park World Heritage Area.{{cite map |publisher=Tasmap |title=Tyndall |sheet=3835 |edition=2 |date=2007 }} The area is north of Mount Sedgwick.
The Tyndalls were named in 1877 by James Reid Scott on the suggestion of Thomas Bather Moore in honour of Professor John Tyndall, a Fellow of the Geological Society who made important contributions in physics, atmospheric science and geology.{{cite journal |url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf |pages=1–13 |issn=0080-4703 |author=Baillie, Peter |title=The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |volume=144 |date=2010 |publisher=University of Tasmania |location=Hobart, Tasmania |edition=reprint |accessdate=18 June 2015 }}
Features
The Tyndall Range have a number of glacial lakes, the larger being Lake Huntley, Lake Rolleston, Lake Tyndall and Lake Matthew. The signs of the glaciation were first described by Thomas Bather Moore in 1894.{{Citation | author1=Moore, Thomas Bather | title=Discovery of glaciation in the vicinity of mount Tyndall, in Tasmania | publication-date=1893 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/176179200 | accessdate=21 June 2015 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39509353 |title=CURRENT TOPICS. |newspaper=Launceston Examiner |location=Tas. |date=22 June 1894 |accessdate=9 June 2012 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=Bowden, Adrian Russell | title=The glacial geomorphology of the Tyndall Mountains, western Tasmania | publication-date=1974 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34471803 | accessdate=21 June 2015 }}
The Tyndalls were explored for minerals in the early twentieth century, but no significant working mine ever eventuated.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50358501 |title=AN ABANDONED DISTRICT. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=12 March 1909 |accessdate=23 February 2012 |page=2|edition=DAILY|via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=White, Matthew J | title=Stratigraphy, volcanology and sedimentology of the Cambrian Tyndall Group, Mount Read volcanics, western Tasmania | publication-date=1996 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34441105 | accessdate=21 June 2015 }}{{cite map |author1=Corbett, K. D. |author2=Jackson, J. C. |date=1987 |title=Geology of the Tyndall Range area [cartographic material] |location=Hobart |publisher=Geological Survey of Tasmania, Dept. of Mines |work=Mt. Read Volcanics project: map. 5 |scale=1:25,000 }}
The Tyndalls lie south east of the Henty Gold Mine, and Hydro Tasmania dam on the upper Henty River and south of Lake Mackintosh, Lake Murchison and Tullah. They are west of the Sticht Range.
In the 2020s proposals for a walking trail in the range were put forward, despite the relative high incidence of extreme weather conditions compared to other locations. The average extreme weather of the area historically has been recorded at Lake Margaret lying at the south of the range and Mount Reid being at the north west of the range.{{Cite news |date=2021-03-20 |title=Tasmania continues to seek new tourism drawcards, but some wilderness advocates have concerns over the latest proposal |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-20/tas-hold-tyndall-ranges-multi-day-bushwalk-proposal/100019064 |access-date=2023-10-11}}
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |authorlink=Geoffrey Blainey |author=Blainey, Geoffrey |title=The Peaks of Lyell |edition=6th |publisher=St. David's Park Publishing |location=Hobart |year=2000 |isbn=0-7246-2265-9}}
- {{cite book |authorlink=Charles Whitham |author=Whitham, Charles |title=Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty }}
External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-42.098236,145.650558&spn=0.460533,0.648399&t=k&hl=en West Coast Range on Google Maps]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070907132410/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html – context of World Heritage Area
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