Mount Ossa (Tasmania)

Mount Ossa
Mount Ossa
	Mount Ossa pictured in 2009
Highest point
Elevation	1,617 m (5,305 ft)
Prominence	1,617 m (5,305 ft)
Isolation	524 km (326 mi)
Listing	Ultra; State high point
Coordinates	41°52′12″S 146°01′48″E / 41.87000°S 146.03000°E
Geography
	Mount Ossa Location in Tasmania
Location	Central Highlands of Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	Pelion Range
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Mountain type	Dolerite
Climbing
Easiest route	3+1⁄2 hour return from Pelion Gap via the Overland Track

Mount Ossa is the highest mountain in Tasmania, with a summit elevation of 1,617 metres (5,305 ft) above sea level.^[3] It makes up part of the Pelion Range within Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia.

It was first surveyed by Europeans in the 1860s, and confirmed to be the state's high point in 1954.

Like most peaks in the area it is capped with Jurassic dolerite.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Ossa, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Mount Ossa". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
^ "LISTmap (Mount Ossa)". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
^ I.B. Jennings. "Geology of the Cradle Mountain Reserve" (PDF). Economic and General Geology.