{{short description|Mountain in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Heemskirk | native_name = Roeinrim, Traoota munatta {{native name|xpw|Peerapper}} | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 751 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=77798|name=Mount Heemskirk, Tasmania|accessdate=2022-06-04}}</ref> | prominence_m = 171 | prominence_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | isolation_km = 4.41 | isolation_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | listing = | location = [[West Coast Tasmania|West Coast]] of [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] | range = Heemskirk Range | map = Australia Tasmania | map_size = 280 | map_caption = Location in [[Tasmania]] | label_position = right | coordinates = {{Coord|41|51|6.66|S|145|10|19.96|E|type:mountain_region:AU-TAS_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = [[Dolerite]] | age = [[Jurassic]] | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Heemskirk''' is a mountain in [[Western Tasmania]], west of the [[West Coast Range, Tasmania|West Coast Range]]. It has an elevation of {{convert|751|m|ft}} above sea level.<ref name="bonzle.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=36449&d=faq&cmd=sp&c=1&x=145.17221&y=-41.85185&w=40000&mpsec=0|title = Frequently asked questions about Mount Heemskirk in Tasmania - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia}}</ref> The closest town is [[Zeehan, Tasmania|Zeehan]], about 14 kilometres (9 mi) away.<ref name="bonzle.com"/>
==History== The indigenous [[Peerapper language|Peerapper]] name for the mountain is recorded as ''Roeinrim'' or ''Traoota munatta''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19369/1/1-1859-Dialects-Aboriginal-Tribes-Tasmania.pdf |title=On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs |author=Milligan, Joseph |journal=Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania |year=1858 |page=270 }}</ref>
===European naming=== On 24 November 1642, [[Dutch people|Dutch]] explorer [[Abel Tasman]] became the first European explorer to sight and document the Heemskirk and [[West Coast Range, Tasmania|West Coast]] Ranges. Tasman sailed his ships close to the coastal area which today encompasses the [[West Coast, Tasmania|Southwest Conservation Area]], south of [[Macquarie Harbour]], but was unable to send a landing party ashore due to poor weather and did not make contact with any [[Aboriginal Tasmanians#South West Coast|South West]] Tasmanian groups. In their circumnavigation of Tasmania between 1798 and 1799, [[George Bass]] and [[Matthew Flinders]] named the Heemskirk Ranges mountains Mount Heemskirk and [[Mount Zeehan]] after Tasman's ships, the warship ''[[Heemskerck (1638 ship)|Heemskerck]]'' (itself named after [[Jacob van Heemskerck]], whose surname means "from [[Heemskerk]]") and the {{convert|200|tonnes|adj=on}} [[fluyt]] ''Zeehaen'' (Old Dutch for "Sea Rooster") in honour of Tasman's voyage of exploration.<ref name = "Ships">{{Cite web | last = F. Adama van Scheltema & Anton Mensing, 1898 | title = Tasman's ships Zeehaen and Heemskerck | publisher = [[State Library of South Australia]] | url = https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/2617 | access-date = 2 June 2022}}</ref><ref name = "Models">{{Cite web | last = | title = Ship model Dutch fluyt ZEEHAEN of 1639 | publisher = modelships.de | url = https://www.modelships.de/Fluyt-Zeehaen/Fluyt-Zeehaen.htm | access-date = 2 June 2022}}</ref> Although Dutch in origin, Bass and Flinder's [[Anglicised]] naming of Mount Heemskirk and Mount Zeehan created some of the oldest British place names in Tasmania.{{refn|group=note|name=Names|Only a few [[List of place names of Dutch origin in Australia#Tasmania|Dutch place names in Tasmania]] originate from Tasman's 1642 voyage. Although some place names originate from [[Bruni d'Entrecasteaux|Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's]] French expedition in 1792,<ref name=":French">{{cite news |first=|last=|title=French came, sowed and left Tasmania in 1792 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/french-came-sowed-and-left-tasmania-in-1792-20030220-gdgav4.html |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=20 February 2003 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> most place names were not assigned in [[Van Diemen's Land]] until after the settlement of [[Hobart, Tasmania|Hobart Town]] at [[Risdon Cove]] in 1803. It was not until after the 1815 discovery of [[Macquarie Harbour]] by explorer and mariner [[James Kelly (Australian explorer)|James Kelly]] that many place names on the West Coast were assigned.}}
==Mining== The mountain and its surrounding high ground was also known as the Heemskirk mining area in the 1890s and the first decade of the 1900s.<ref>Waterhouse, L. Lawry (1916) ''The South Heemskirk Tin Field'' Hobart. Dept. of Mines, Geological Survey bulletin (Geological Survey of Tasmania); no. 21.</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Waller, George A | title=Report on the tin ore deposits of Mount Heemskirk | publication-date=1902 | publisher=John Vail. Government Printer | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19466527 | access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Howard, Patrick | author2=Howard, Patrick | title=Farewell Heemskirk goodbye Dundas : a history of the Heemskirk and Dundas mining fields | publication-date=2009 | publisher=Mount Heemskirk Books | isbn=978-0-646-52414-6}}</ref>
==Tourism== After the success of [[Derby, Tasmania#Mountain Biking in Derby|mountain biking in Derby]], several [[mountain bike]] trails opened on Mount Heemskirk in 2020.<ref name=":bikes">{{cite news |first=Sandy |last= Powell |title=West Coast's Heemskirk Range and Mount Owen mountain bike trail networks enter next phase |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7012077/rugged-unique-mountain-biking-incoming-on-the-west-coast/ |publisher=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=":bikes2">{{cite news |first=Sandy |last= Powell |title=Next Level Mountain bike building trails into the Heemskirk Range |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7732681/a-whole-new-range-of-west-coast-bike-trails-set-for-spring-opening/ |publisher=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |date=11 May 2022 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Mountains}}}}
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