Mount Jukes (Tasmania)
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Mount Jukes is a mountain located on the Jukes Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.[3]
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Mount Jukes | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,168 m (3,832 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 911 m (2,989 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 23.09 km (14.35 mi)[1] |
Coordinates | 42°10′12″S 145°34′48″E[2] |
Geography | |
Location in Tasmania | |
Location | West Coast, Tasmania, Australia |
Parent range | Jukes Range, West Coast Range |
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Geology | |
Age of rock | Jurassic |
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With an elevation of 1,168 metres (3,832 ft) above sea level,[1] with multiple peaks, and glacial lakes on its upper eastern reaches, Mount Jukes is situated above the town of Crotty and is west of Lake Burbury.
The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1862 in honour of Professor Joseph Jukes, an English geologist who gathered evidence to part afforded support for Charles Darwin's theories of coral reefs. Jukes had visited Hobart in 1842-3 on HMS Fly.[3]