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Valley in West Coast Range, Tasmania, Australia

**Linda Valley** is a [valley](/source/Valley) in the [West Coast Range](/source/West_Coast_Range_(Tasmania)) of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania). It was earlier known as the **Vale of Chamouni**. It is located between [Mount Owen](/source/Mount_Owen%2C_Tasmania) and [Mount Lyell](/source/Mount_Lyell%2C_Tasmania).

Eastern end of Linda Valley next to lake Burbury

## Human settlement

Linda Valley is the location of two historical settlements, [Linda](/source/Linda%2C_Tasmania) and [Gormanston](/source/Gormanston%2C_Tasmania). These settlements were close to the Mount Lyell mines and workings, at the western edge of [Lake Burbury](/source/Lake_Burbury), and east of the old [Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company](/source/Mount_Lyell_Mining_and_Railway_Company) operations.

The terminus of the [North Mount Lyell Railway](/source/North_Mount_Lyell_Railway) was at [Gormanston](/source/Gormanston_(Tasmania)_railway_station) for a short time, the main point of operations for the railway was the yard and railway station at Linda,[1] known as the Linda Valley station in early records.[2]

A feature in the landscape is the formation created for the [Comstock Tram](/source/Comstock_Tram#Mount_Lyell_-_southern,_northern_and_eastern_side) that was proposed to circumnavigate Mount Lyell but was never completed; it started at Linda. The formation created can still be seen in parts around the sides of Mount Lyell.

## Fires

The valley suffered from extensive bush fires in the early twentieth century, and as a consequence the forested valley became denuded. Large numbers of tree stumps line the Mount Lyell slopes in the valley a hundred years after the fires.[3][4]

## Glaciation

The valley is the site of extensive evidence of glaciation in the West Coast Range with a particular stage known as the Linda Glacial stage.[5] The valley is also known as part of the landscape affected by the King River Glacier, which also left moraine at Crotty and Henty River.[6]

The valley's glacial moraine is the only [Late Pliocene](/source/Late_Pliocene) site with plant fossil assemblages in Tasmania and one of only a few in Australia.[7]

The valley has been part of recent mineral exploration lease areas - however prospective mineral deposits have not been located to date, possibly due to the glacial moraine.[8]

## See also

- [Geology of Tasmania](/source/Geology_of_Tasmania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["LYELL"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84020955). *[Zeehan and Dundas Herald](/source/Zeehan_and_Dundas_Herald)*. Vol. XXIV, no. 260. Tasmania, Australia. 15 August 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["GORMANSTON NOTES"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80242992). *[Zeehan and Dundas Herald](/source/Zeehan_and_Dundas_Herald)*. Vol. XVII, no. 96. Tasmania, Australia. 5 February 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Harvey, J. H. (John Henry) (1875), [*Linda Valley, Mt. Lyell, Tasmania*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167161768), retrieved 9 April 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Photograph-Linda Valley from Mt Lyell, Tas. nd*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36587212), LINC Tasmania, 1920, retrieved 9 April 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Kiernan, Kevin (1983) *Weathering evidence for an additional glacial stage in Tasmania* Australian Geographical Studies Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 197 - 220

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** see [Geology of Tasmania](/source/Geology_of_Tasmania) in relation to this

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Place ID 14287"](https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=14287). *[Australian Heritage Database](/source/Australian_Heritage_Database)*. [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["PASMINCO EXPLORATION"](http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/mrtdoc/tasxplor/download/01_4558/1399_200104_02_MainReport.pdf) (PDF). *www.mrt.tas.gov.au*. 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

## Sources

- Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). *The Peaks of Lyell* (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7246-2265-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7246-2265-9).

- [Whitham, Charles](/source/Charles_Whitham). *Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.*

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