Carruthers Peak
Mountain in New South Wales, Australia
Carruthers Peak , formerly Curruthers Peak, a mountain in the Main Range of the Great Dividing Range , is located in Snowy Mountains region in southeast New South Wales , Australia . The peak is situated between Mount Lee and Mount Twynam within the Kosciuszko National Park .
With an elevation of 2,145 metres (7,037 ft) above sea level , Carruthers Peak is the seventh-highest peak in mainland Australia.[ 1]
It was named after Joseph Carruthers , a Premier of New South Wales , who, while he served as Minister for Lands,[ 2] facilitated the building of the Summit Road to Mount Kosciuszko . It can be easily accessed, with the Main Range walk going straight up it.[ 3]
Geology
The area around it contains patches of the rare windswept feldmark ecotope . Due to a century of grazing on the Main Range , the area around it was heavily eroded. From the 1950s Soil Conservation Service undertook an extensive program of rehabilitation of the vegetation of the Carruthers Peak–Mount Twynam area using bitumen, wire netting and bales of straw.[ 4] It lies on a vein of shale running south-southeast through the predominant granite .
See also
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Coastal mountain ranges(not part of the Great Dividing Range)
Mid North Coast Allyn , Barrington and Mount Royal
Brumlow Tops (1,586 m or 5,203 ft)
Polblue (1,575 m or 5,167 ft)
Barrington (1,555 m or 5,102 ft)
Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft)
Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft)
Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft)
Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft)
Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Ben Bullen
Gunama
Lumeah
Gibraltar and SugarloafBlue Mountains
Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft)
unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft)
Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft)
Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft)
Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft)
York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft)
Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft)
Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft)
Tomah (1,016 m or 3,333 ft)
Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft)
Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Bell (998 m or 3,274 ft)
Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft)
Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft)
Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft)
Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft)
Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft)
Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft)
Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft)
Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft)
Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft)
Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft)
Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft)
Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft)
Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft)
Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft)
Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft)
Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft)
Gospers
Bedford
Cameron
Coriaday
Erskine
Mistake
Monundilla
Whaite
Wirraba
Pearces
Wedding Cake
Illawarra
Bells (803 m or 2,635 ft)
Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft)
Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft)
Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft)
Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft)
Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft)
Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft)
Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft)
Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft)
Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft)
Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft)
Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft)
Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)
The Budawangs
Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft)
Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft)
Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft)
Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft)
Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft)
Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft)
Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft)
The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft)
Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft)
Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft)
Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft)
Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft)
Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft)
Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft)
Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft)
Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft)
Coolangatta
Tarn
Great Dividing Range
Tweed
Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)
Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)
Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)
Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)
Gladstone
Goobergooberyam
Moombil
McPherson and Nightcap
Barney (1,359 m or 4,459 ft)
Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)
Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)
Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)
Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)
Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)
Mid North Coast Nandewar
Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)
Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)
Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)
Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)
Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)
Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)
Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)
Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)
Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)
Liverpool and Watagan
unnamed (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)
Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)
New England and Moonbi
Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)
Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)
Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)
Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)
Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)
Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)
Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)
Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)
Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)
Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)
Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)
Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)
Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)
Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)
Yarrowyck
Central Tablelands
Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)
Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)
Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)
Blaxland (901 m or 2,956 ft)
Hopeless (1,056 m or 3,465 ft)
The Brindabellas and Scabby
Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)
Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)
Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)
Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)
Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)
Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)
Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)
Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)
Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)
Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)
Monaro Snowies
Main
Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)
Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)
unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)
Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)
Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)
Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)
Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)
Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)
Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)
Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)
Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)
Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)
Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)
Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)
Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)
The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)
Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)
Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)
Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)
Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)
Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)
Ramshead
Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)
Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)
Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)
Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)
Other mountains in the GDR
Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)
Inland mountain ranges
Barrier
Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)
Warrumbungles
Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft)
Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft)
Needle
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