Mount Terrible (Victoria)

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Mount Terrible
(Warrambat)
The sign at the summit
Highest point
Elevation1,325 metres (4,347 ft) AHD[1]
Coordinates37°23′44″S 146°8′25″E / 37.39556°S 146.14028°E / -37.39556; 146.14028[2]
Geography
Mount Terrible (Warrambat) is located in Shire of Mansfield
Mount Terrible (Warrambat)
Mount Terrible
(Warrambat)
Parent rangeGreat Dividing Range

Mount Terrible (Taungurung: Warrambat)[3] is a mountain within the Great Dividing Range, located to the south-west of Kevington in Victoria, Australia.[2][4] The mountain is located within the 100 hectares (250 acres) Mount Terrible Natural Features and Scenic Reserve.[5]

Location and features

Its peak is 1,325 metres (4,347 ft) AHD and affords excellent views.[6]

A fire lookout tower was installed in 1962 to replace the Jamieson Lookout. The hut next to the lookout tower burnt down during the night of 8–9 December 2012. Its reconstruction was approved in 2016.[7]

It is a steel structure measuring 22 metres (72 ft) high and has a cabin on top. The tower is utilised for communications by Telstra, Ambulance Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian State Emergency Service, LSE Technology and the Upper Goulburn Repeater Association (UHF CB).[8][9]

Access to the summit is via a 4 wheel drive track. The track is rocky, and may be covered by snow in the winter.[6][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount Terrible, Victoria". peakbagger. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Place Names Search: Mount Terrible". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. ^ Clark, Ian D. (2002). Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Melbourne and Central Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages. p. 87. ISBN 0957936052.
  4. ^ Mansfield - Baw Baw Four-Wheel-Drive Map (Map) (1 ed.). 1:100,000. Spatial Vision.
  5. ^ "7. Jamieson Landscape Zone" (PDF). Biodiversity Action Planning – Landscape plans for the Goulburn Broken CMA − South East Goulburn Broken. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Lake Eildon, VIC". The Great Outdoors. Archived from the original on 4 July 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Mt. Terrible". Fire Lookouts Downunder. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Comms Site MT TERRIBLE". Australian Communications and Media Authority. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Upper Goulburn Repeater Association Inc. general charter". Upper Goulburn Community & Repeater Association Inc. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  10. ^ Mount Terrible, Dangerousroads.org (accessed on 3 October 2019)

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