Mount Murchison (Tasmania)

Mount Murchison
Location
Location	West Coast, Tasmania
Range	West Coast Range
Coordinates	42°52′S 145°22′E / 42.867°S 145.367°E / -42.867; 145.367

Mount Murchison (42°05′S 145°36′E / 42.083°S 145.6°E / -42.083; 145.6) is the tallest mountain in the West Coast Range Tasmania, Australia. Like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range - the taller were named after opponents or critics of Charles Darwin, the smaller after his supporters.

References

• Banks, M.R. and Kirkpatrick, J.B. Editors. Landscape and Man, the interaction between man and environment in Western Tasmania. 
• Binks, C.J. (1980). Explorers of Western Tasmania. Launceston: Mary Fisher Bookshop. ISBN 0-908291-16-7. 
• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed. ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9. 
• Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. 
  • 2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. ISBN 09591281
  • 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
  • 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC
• Whitham, Lindsay (2002). Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research. Sandy Bay: Tasmanian Historical Research Association. ISBN 0-909479-21-6.