Markham Heights

Mountain in Tasmania, Australia

Markham Heights is located in Tasmania
Markham Heights
Markham Heights
Location in Tasmania
Highest pointElevation1,542 m (5,059 ft)AHD [1]Prominence52 m (171 ft)[1]Parent peakLegges TorIsolation2.13 km (1.32 mi)[1]ListingHighest mountains of TasmaniaCoordinates41°31′S 147°39′E / 41.51°S 147.65°E / -41.51; 147.65NamingEtymologySir Albert MarkhamGeographyLocationTasmania, AustraliaParent rangeBen Lomond

Markham Heights is a mountain peak that forms part of the Ben Lomond Range, in the northeast of Tasmania, Australia.[2]

Markham Heights is located 1,542 metres (5,059 ft) above sea level,[1][3] and is the seventh highest peak in Tasmania.

It is named for Sir Albert Markham, an Arctic explorer.[4]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "King Davids Peak, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Markham Heights, Tasmania". Australia Geographic Names Database. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Land Information System Tasmania". Tasmanian Government. Retrieved 21 March 2016. (Search for 'Markham Heights').
  4. ^ "Ben Lomond National Park: Management Plan 1998". Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania. p. 68. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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Mountains in Tasmania, Australia
Arthur Range
Eastern
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
Great Western Tiers
Pelion Range
Wellington Range
  • 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)
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