Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington
Elevation:	1,271 m (4,170 ft)
Location:	Tasmania, Australia
Range:	Wellington Range
Coordinates:	42°53′57″S, 147°13′57″E
First ascent:	25 Dec 1798 - George Bass (May have been a partial climb) 18 Feb 1804 - Robert Brown
Easiest route:	hike

Mount Wellington is the mountain on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is frequently snow covered, sometimes even in summer. It is often reffered to simply as 'the Mountain' by Hobartians, and it rises to 1,271 metres above sea level. Mount Wellingon File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... (Redirected from 25 December) December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... George Bass Dr George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771-1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ... (Redirected from 18 February) February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bold textbuttRobert Brown (December 21, 1773 - June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere For other uses of this term, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... The snow in Utah is world famous. ...

The lower slopes are thickly forested, but criss-crossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed but narrow road to the summit, about 22 km (14 miles) travel from the city. Halfway up this road is a picnic area called "The Springs", near the site of a chalet/health spa that was destroyed by bushfire in 1967. An enclosed lookout near the summit provides spectacular views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area nearly 100 km (60 miles) to the west. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ... Backburning in Townsville, Australia to prevent bushfires. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ... Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 22,034 km² (land area: 22,020 km² – 32. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ...

The road to the summit was constructed in the early 1930s as a relief scheme for the unemployed, an idea initiated by Mr. A.G. Ogilvie, the Premier of Tasmania of the day. While the road is officially known as the Pinnacle Drive, it is widely known among Hobartians as 'Ogilvies Scar' because at the time it was constructed 'the Mountain' was heavily logged and almost bare, and the road was an all-too-obvious scar across the already denuded mountain. Today the trees have grown again but the road is still noticeable.

From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mt. Wellington is the cliff of dolerite columns known as the Organ Pipes. Dolerite (from the Greek word doleros meaning deceptive), in petrology is the name given by Hauy to those basaltic rocks which are comparatively coarse grained. ...

The mountain significantly influences the city's weather, and intending visitors to the summit are advised to dress warmly against the often icy winds at the summit, which have been recorded at over 135 km/h (84 mph). Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...

In February 1836, Charles Darwin, visited Hobart Town and climbed Mt. Wellington. In his book "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin described the mountain thus; "... In many parts the Eucalypti grew to a great size, and composed a noble forest. In some of the dampest ravines, tree-ferns flourished in an extraordinary manner; I saw one which must have been at least twenty feet high to the base of the fronds, and was in girth exactly six feet. The fronds forming the most elegant parasols, produced a gloomy shade, like that of the first hour of the night. The summit of the mountain is broad and flat, and is composed of huge angular masses of naked greenstone. Its elevation is 3100 feet above the level of the sea. The day was splendidly clear, and we enjoyed a most extensive view; to the north, the country appeared a mass of wooded mountains, of about the same height with that on which we were standing, and with an equally tame outline: to the south the broken land and water, forming many intricate bays, was mapped with clearness before us. ..." Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... In his lifetime Charles Darwin gained international fame as an influential scientist examining controversial topics. ...

The first weather station was set up on Mount Wellington in 1895 by Clement Lindley Wragge. 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Portrait of Clement Lindley Wragge. ...

The lookout building near the summit, with the main television and radio transmitter in the background.

Due to the spectacular views available from the summit, Mt. Wellington was selected by many broadcasters as the site of broadcast radio and television transmitters. The first television stations to transmit from there were TVT-6 (now WIN Television) and ABT-2 (the ABC) in 1960. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 186 KB) Summary The lookout near the summit of Mount Wellington, Tasmania. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 186 KB) Summary The lookout near the summit of Mount Wellington, Tasmania. ... TVT-6 was Hobarts, and Tasmanias, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A cable car development has been proposed for the mountain on various occasions, but public oppostion has so far prevented any major developments. Cable car can mean: a street railway system using a cable in the road to pull the cars along; see cable car (railway). ...

External link

• Mt. Wellington on Peakware