{{Short description|Mountain in Western Tasmania, Australia}} {{Distinguish|Mount Sorrel}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Sorell | image = MacquarieHarbour.JPG | image_caption = Mount Sorell viewed from the [[Macquarie Harbour]] [[fjord]] | map = Australia Tasmania | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in [[Tasmania]] | map_relief = 1 | map_size = 280 | elevation_m = 1144 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger |pid=34597 |title=Mount Sorell, Australia |units=meters |accessdate=17 June 2015 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 673 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb/> | isolation_km = 11.49 | isolation_ref = <ref name=pb/> | location = [[West Coast, Tasmania|Western]] [[Tasmania]], Australia | range = [[West Coast Range]] | coordinates = {{coord|42|16|12|S|145|32|24|E|type:mountain_region:AU-TAS|name=Mount Sorell|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=ga>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Mount Sorell (TAS) |feature=TAS18976 |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 Sorell''' is a mountain located in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia.
With an elevation of {{convert|1144|m}} [[Australian Height Datum|above sea level]],<ref name=pb/> the mountain is the most south westerly of all the peaks within the [[West Coast Range (Tasmania)|West Coast Range]].<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 |accessdate=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>
==History== The mountain was named in honour of [[William Sorell]] (1775 – 4 June 1848), a soldier who served as the third Lieutenant-Governor of [[Van Diemen's Land]].<ref name=baillie/>
Alluvial gold was found in adjacent creeks in the 1880s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71678748 |title=TASMANIA. |newspaper=[[Australian Town and Country Journal]] |location=Sydney |date=21 May 1887 |accessdate=10 June 2015 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Geology== Its eastern face dominates the Clark River valley, which separates it from [[Mount Darwin, Tasmania|Mount Darwin]].<ref>{{cite map |title=Geology of Tasmania |series=One inch. Map square 3579, Mount Sorell | publication-date=1954 | publisher=Department of Geology, [[University of Tasmania]] |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21127575 |accessdate=10 June 2015 }}</ref>
Because of its position, its appearance and dominance over the [[Macquarie Harbour]] just north east of [[Sarah Island (Tasmania)|Sarah Island]], it was an early named mountain, and no doubt one which gave a sense of barrier to convicts with dreams of escape. Some folklore passed from convict times claim leg irons or other items were found by troops looking for escaped convicts on its slopes.
It has no points of access like the nearby mountains, and in general remains relatively untouched compared to the West Coast Range mountains with old mine workings, walking track, and other signs of human activity.
The Cape at the outer part of [[Hell's Gates (Tasmania)|Hells Gates]] at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour is known as [[Cape Sorell, Tasmania|Cape Sorell]], and there is a locality in south eastern Tasmania called [[Sorell, Tasmania|Sorell]].
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Mountains}}}} * [[List of highest mountains of Tasmania]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite book| author=Blainey, Geoffrey |authorlink=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 book |authorlink=Charles Whitham |author=Whitham, Charles |title=Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty }}
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[[Category:Mountains of Tasmania|Sorell, Mount]] [[Category:West Coast Range|Sorell, Mount]] [[Category:Macquarie Harbour|Sorell, Mount]]