Mount Darwin (Tasmania)

{{Short description|Mountain in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Other uses|Mount Darwin (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Darwin}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Darwin | image = Mt Darwin (Tasmania).jpg | image_caption = Mount Darwin viewed from Mount Sorell in western Tasmania | map = Australia Tasmania | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in [[Tasmania]] | map_relief = 1 | map_size = 280 | elevation_m = 1033 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | prominence_ref = | isolation = | isolation_ref = | location = [[West Coast, Tasmania|Western]] [[Tasmania]], Australia | range = [[West Coast Range]] | coordinates = {{coord|42|15|00|S|145|35|48|E|type:mountain_region:AU-TAS|name=Mount Darwin|display=title,inline}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=ga>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Mount Darwin (TAS) |feature=TAS19472 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref> | topo = | type = | age = [[Jurassic]] | volcanic_arc = | volcanic_belt = | volcanic_field = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = }}

'''Mount Darwin''' is a [[mountain]] located in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia.

With an elevation of {{convert|1033|m}} [[Australian Height Datum|above sea level]], the mountain is situated on the [[West Coast Range]]. On the eastern side of the mountain is [[Darwin, Tasmania|Darwin]], a long-abandoned town site. Mount Darwin is the southernmost mountain of the West Coast range. [[Mount Jukes (Tasmania)|Mount Jukes]] is north of the mountain while [[Mount Sorell]] is west of it.<ref name=baillie>{{cite journal |url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf |pages=1–13 |issn=0080-4703 |author=Baillie, Peter |title=The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |volume=144 |date=2010 |publisher=[[University of Tasmania]] |location=Hobart, Tasmania |edition=reprint |doi=10.26749/rstpp.144.1 |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616083904/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The mountain is named in honour of [[Charles Darwin]].<ref name=baillie/>

==Mine sites== Long abandoned short drives and shallow holes are found on Mount Darwin and are usually cited as being part of the [[Mount Jukes Mine sites|Jukes-Darwin field]].<ref>{{cite map |title=Geological map of Mount Darwin region with relief shown by contours: Darwin [cartographic material] |publisher=Tasmanian Geological Survey |year=2001 |scale=1:25,000 |sheet=3832 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Waller, George A | author2=Tasmania. Department of Mines | title=Report on Findon's copper sections, Mount Darwin | publication-date=1903 | publisher=Dept. of Mines | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34600897 | access-date=16 June 2015 }}</ref>

==Features and access==

The mountain has a [[plateau]] and has mining exploration tracks that lead to some of the older workings. It was possible in the 1970s to travel to the top of Mount Darwin in four wheel drive vehicles. The tracks also lead over towards the Clark River Valley which lies between Darwin and Mount Sorell to the west, and some tracks also were made on the ridge between Mount Darwin and the southern side of Mount Jukes.

Additional features located adjacent to the mountain includes a series of valleys and depressions called respectively the East Darwin Cirque,<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=East Darwin Cirque (TAS) |feature=TAS03123 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref> the South Darwin Cirque,<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=South Darwin Cirque (TAS) |feature=TAS03129 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref> and the [[Darwin Crater]], a probable [[impact crater]],<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Darwin Crater (TAS) |feature=TAS18822 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref> lying {{convert|8.5|km}} to the south-east of the mountain; the South Darwin Peak, a hill;<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=South Darwin Peak (TAS) |feature=TAS03128 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author1=Jones, A. T. |title=The geology, geochemistry and structure of the Mount Darwin-South Darwin Peak area, western Tasmania |publication-date=November 1993 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/155001263 |access-date=16 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180534150 |title=The South Mount, Darwin[?] Mineral Field TASMANIA. |newspaper=[[Melbourne Punch |Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900)]] |location=Vic. |date=12 October 1899 |access-date=16 June 2015 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and the Darwin Plateau.<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Darwin Plateau (TAS) |feature=TAS03131 |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref>

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Mountains}}}} * [[Darwin glass]] * [[List of highest mountains of Tasmania]]

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading== * {{cite book| author=Blainey, Geoffrey |author-link=Geoffrey Blainey |title=[[The Peaks of Lyell]] | edition=6th | publisher=St. David's Park Publishing | location=Hobart| year=2000| isbn=0-7246-2265-9}} * {{cite journal |author-link=Charles Whitham |author=Whitham, Charles |title=Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1927 |volume=69 |issue=1 |page=83 |doi=10.2307/1782877 |jstor=1782877 |bibcode=1927GeogJ..69...83W }}

== External links == * [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-42.098236,145.650558&spn=0.460533,0.648399&t=k&hl=en West Coast Range on Google Maps] * https://web.archive.org/web/20070907132410/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html - context of World Heritage Area * http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-vn3991445-s2 1958 photo from the east, including Mount Sorell's eastern slopes

[[Category:Mountains of Tasmania|Darwin, Mount]] [[Category:West Coast Range|Darwin, Mount]]