# Mount Strahan

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Mountain in Australia

Mount Strahan Mount Strahan Location in Tasmania Highest point Elevation 855 m (2,805 ft) Coordinates 42°14′24″S 145°30′36″E / 42.24000°S 145.51000°E / -42.24000; 145.51000[1] Geography Location West Coast, Tasmania, Australia Parent range West Coast Range

**Mount Strahan** is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) located on the [West Coast Range](/source/West_Coast_Range) in the [West Coast](/source/West_Coast%2C_Tasmania) region of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia. With an elevation of 855 metres (2,805 ft) [above sea level](/source/Australian_Height_Datum), the mountain is situated directly east of [Macquarie Harbour](/source/Macquarie_Harbour) and, like [Mount Sorell](/source/Mount_Sorell), dominates the east side of the harbour near [Sarah Island](/source/Sarah_Island_(Tasmania)).[2]

The mountain was named by [Thomas Bather Moore](/source/Thomas_Bather_Moore) in honour of Sir [George Strahan](/source/George_Strahan_(colonialist)), a [Governor of Tasmania](/source/Governor_of_Tasmania).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mount Strahan (TAS)"](https://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=TAS18958). *[Gazetteer of Australia](/source/Gazetteer_of_Australia) online*. [Geoscience Australia](/source/Geoscience_Australia), Australian Government.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-baillie_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-baillie_2-1) Baillie, Peter (2010). ["The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150616083904/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf) (PDF). *Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania*. **144** (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: [University of Tasmania](/source/University_of_Tasmania): 1–13. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0080-4703](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0080-4703). Archived from [the original](http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf) (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

## Further reading

- [Blainey, Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_Blainey) (2000). *[The Peaks of Lyell](/source/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*.

v t e Mountains in Tasmania, Australia Arthur Range Eastern Federation (1,224 m or 4,016 ft) Ben Lomond Legges Tor (1,572 m or 5,157 ft) Giblin Peak (1,569 m or 5,148 ft) Markham Heights (1,542 m or 5,059 ft) Hamilton Crags (1,540 m or 5,052 ft) Stacks Bluff (1,527 m or 5,010 ft) Misery Bluff (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Ossian’s Throne (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Coalmine Crag (1,498 m or 4,915 ft) Magnet Crag (1,464 m or 4,803 ft) Victoria (1,213 m or 3,980 ft) Du Cane Range unnamed peak (1,520 m or 4,987 ft) Geryon North (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) Massif (1,514 m or 4,967 ft) Geryon South (1,509 m or 4,951 ft) Gould (1,485 m or 4,872 ft) Castle Crag (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) Thetis (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) The Acropolis (1,481 m or 4,859 ft) Achilles (1,363 m or 4,472 ft) Eldon Range Eldon Peak (1,440 m or 4,724 ft) Eldon Bluff Great Western Tiers Ironstone (1,443 m or 4,734 ft) Meehan Range Direction (418 m or 1,371 ft) Flagstaff Hill (435 m or 1,427 ft) Gunners Quoin (423 m or 1,388 ft) Pelion Range Ossa (1,614 m or 5,295 ft)1 Pelion West (1,560 m or 5,118 ft) Pelion East (1,461 m or 4,793 ft) Wellington Range Kriwalayti / Nelson (340 m or 1,115 ft) Kunanyi / Wellington (1,269 m or 4,163 ft) West Coast Range Murchison (1,275 m or 4,183 ft) Jukes (1,168 m or 3,832 ft) Sedgwick (1,147 m or 3,763 ft) Owen (1,146 m or 3,760 ft) Sorell (1,144 m or 3,753 ft) Read (1,124 m or 3,688 ft) Proprietary Peak (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Hamilton (1,103 m or 3,619 ft) Darwin (1,031 m or 3,383 ft) Heemskirk Agnew (848 m or 2,782 ft) Dundas (1,143 m or 3,750 ft) Heemskirk (751 m or 2,464 ft) Zeehan (701 m or 2,300 ft) Sticht unnamed peak (1,080 m or 3,543 ft) Tyndall Geikie (1,191 m or 3,907 ft) Tyndall (1,179 m or 3,868 ft) Not in a defined range Mount Olympus (1,472 m or 4,829 ft) Frenchmans Cap (1,446 m or 4,744 ft) Barrow (1,406 m or 4,613 ft) 1 Highest summit elevation in Tasmania Category

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