Sticht Range

Sticht Range
Sticht Range Location in Tasmania
Highest point
Peak	unnamed peak
Elevation	1,080 m (3,540 ft) ^[1] AHD
Coordinates	41°54′S 145°39′E / 41.900°S 145.650°E / -41.900; 145.650
Geography
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	West Coast
Parent range	West Coast Range
Geology
Formed by	Cambrian
Age of rock	Jurassic
Type of rock	Dolerite

The Sticht Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The range runs between two tributaries of the Eldon River and is located within the eastern part of the West Coast Range and has an unnamed peak with an elevation of 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) above sea level.^[1]

It was named after Robert Carl Sticht, the manager of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.

It was affected by the 2016 Tasmanian bushfires ^[2]

Features and access

The range can be viewed from the Hydro Tasmania built road (B24) at Lake Plimsoll. It is a cambrian formation range.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The threatened flora Orites milliganii, a member of the proteaceae family, may be located in the range.^[6]

References

1 2 "Tasmanian Peak-Baggers' Guide". Hobart Walking Club Inc. 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
↑ First reported 19th January, still burning 3rd February Tasmanian Fire service update | Tasmania Fire Service
↑ Baillie, P. W.; Tasmania. Department of Mines (1989). "Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range formation, Western Tasmania" (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin. Hobart, Tasmania: Department of Mines (65). ISBN 978-0-7246-2027-2.
↑ Baillie, P. W. (1987). "Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range Formation, Western Tasmania". Retrieved 19 June 2015.
↑ "Sticht Range Formation". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. 20 September 1989. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
↑ "Orites milliganii" (PDF). Threatened Flora of Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Government of Tasmania. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

External links

West Coast Range on Google Maps
https://web.archive.org/web/20060821115426/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html - context of World Heritage Area

Mountains in Tasmania, Australia

Ben Lomond Range

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)

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)

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)
Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 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)

Tyndall	Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft)

Sticht	unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft)

Not in a defined range

Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft)

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities
and other settlements

Queenstown

Governance

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall

Eldon	Eldon Peak

Engineer	unnamed peak

Raglan	unnamed peak

Sticht	unnamed peak

National parks

Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Power stations

Transport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness

Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class

Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour

Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Galley Museum Queenstown Oval

People of note

Mining

Books and newspapers

other

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Sticht Range

Features and access

See also

References

Further reading

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