{{Short description|Mountain range in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox mountain |name = Sticht Range |other_name = |image = |image_alt = |image_caption = <!-- Geography --> |country = Australia |region_type = [[States and territories of Australia|State]] |region = Tasmania |district_type = [[Regions of Tasmania|Region]] |district = [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] |borders_on = |biome = |topo_map = |topo_maker = <!-- Highest point --> |highest = ''unnamed peak'' |highest_location = |elevation_m = 1080 |elevation_system = {{AHD}} |elevation_ref = <ref name=peak>{{cite web |url=http://www.hobartwalkingclub.org.au/Publicinfo/PeakBaggersList2013.html |title=Tasmanian Peak-Baggers' Guide |publisher=Hobart Walking Club Inc. |date=2013 |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> <!-- Coordinates of the highest point --> |coordinates = |coordinates_ref = <!-- Range --> |length_km = |width_km = |area_km2 = |length_orientation = |width_orientation = |length_ref = |width_ref = |area_ref = |parent = [[West Coast Range]] <!-- Overall coordinates for the range; usually the center of the range --> |range_coordinates = {{coord|41|54|S|145|39|E|region:AU-TAS_type:mountain}} |range_coordinates_ref = <ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Sticht Range (TAS) |feature=TAS09776 |access-date=18 June 2015 }}</ref> <!-- Geology --> |formed_by = [[Cambrian]] |geology = [[Dolerite]] |age = [[Jurassic]] |orogeny = <!-- Locator map; takes coordinates from "highest point" (and perhaps "range"; need to experiment and then correct this comment) --> |map = Australia Tasmania |map_alt = |map_caption = Location in [[Tasmania]] |map_relief = 1 }}
The '''Sticht Range''' is a [[mountain range]] located in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]]. The range runs between two tributaries of the [[Eldon River]] and is located within the eastern part of the [[West Coast Range]] and has an unnamed [[Summit|peak]] with an elevation of {{convert|1080|m}} [[Australian Height Datum|above sea level]].<ref name=peak/>
It was named after [[Robert Carl Sticht]], the manager of the [[Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company]].
It was affected by the [[2016 Tasmanian bushfires]].<ref>First reported 19 January, still burning 3 February [http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?pageId=articleItem&viewIncidentUpdateID=23120 Tasmanian Fire service update | Tasmania Fire Service ]</ref>
==Features and access== The range can be viewed from the [[Hydro Tasmania]] built road (B24) at Lake Plimsoll. It is a [[cambrian]] formation range.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Baillie, P. W. |author2=Tasmania. Department of Mines |title=Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range formation, Western Tasmania |publication-date=1989 |journal=Geological Survey Bulletin |date=7 August 1989 |number=65 |publisher=Department of Mines |location=Hobart, Tasmania |isbn=978-0-7246-2027-2 |url=http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/mrtdoc/dominfo/download/GSB65/GSB65.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Baillie, P. W. |title=Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structural setting of the Cambrian Sticht Range Formation, Western Tasmania |publication-date=1987 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18808642 |access-date=19 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=26910 |work=Australian Stratigraphic Units Database |publisher=[[Australian Government]], [[Geoscience Australia]] |title=Sticht Range Formation |date=20 September 1989 |access-date=18 June 2015 }}</ref>
The threatened plant ''[[Orites]] milliganii'', a member of the family [[Proteaceae]], may be located in the range.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Orites-milliganii.pdf |title=Orites milliganii |work=Threatened Flora of Tasmania |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, [[Government of Tasmania]] |date=12 May 2003 |access-date=19 June 2015 }}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Mountains}}}} *[[List of highest mountains of Tasmania]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book |author-link=Geoffrey Blainey |author=Blainey, Geoffrey |title=[[The Peaks of Lyell]] |edition=6th |publisher=St. David's Park Publishing |location=Hobart |year=2000 |isbn=0-7246-2265-9}} * {{cite book |author-link=Charles Whitham |author=Whitham, Charles |title=Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty }} * {{cite map |publisher=[[Tasmap]], Government of Tasmania |title=Sophia, Selina |section=881604 }}
== 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/20060821115426/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wha/wherein/detail.html - context of World Heritage Area
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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Tasmania]] [[Category:West Coast Range]] [[Category:2016 Tasmanian bushfires]]