Mount Sedgwick (Tasmania)
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Mount Sedgwick is a mountain located within the West Coast Range, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
Quick Facts Highest point, Elevation ...
Mount Sedgwick | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,147 m (3,763 ft) |
Coordinates | 42°00′00″S 145°36′36″E[1] |
Geography | |
Location in Tasmania | |
Location | West Coast, Tasmania, Australia |
Parent range | West Coast Range |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Jurassic, Permian and Palaeozoic |
Mountain type | Dolerite |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | from Lake Margaret Power Station |
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It lies in line behind Mount Lyell in views from high points in Queenstown and from the roads leading out to Strahan and Zeehan. Bands of the pink and grey coloured conglomerate show strikingly on its south west slopes. Its western and south western slopes are significantly more precipitous and rocky, compared to the once heavily forested southern and south eastern slopes.[2]