- Cobberas Range
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Cobberas Range Mountain range Country Australia Region Victoria Part of Great Dividing Range Highest point - elevation 1,833 m (6,014 ft) The Cobberas Range is a mountain range in north-eastern Victoria in Australia.[1] The range is located in the Cobberas Wilderness area of the Alpine National Park.[2]
Peaks include:
- Mount Cobberas No. 1
- Mount Cobberas No. 2
- Moscow Peak
- Middle Peak
- Cleft Peak[1]
In January 1854, Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller passed through the area on the second of his three expeditions to the Alps. He collected a large number of plants, many of which had not been previously recorded.[3]
References
- ^ a b "8524-10 Amphitheatre - Mt Cobberas". Victorian Resources Online - East Gippsland. Department of Primary Industries (Victoria). http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/egregn.nsf/pages/eg_lf_sites_significance_8524_10. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Source of the Rivers - around Mitta Mitta, Omeo, Tallangatta and Corryong (map)". Alpine National Park. http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources05/05_1415.pdf. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ Slattery, Deirdre (1998). The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0868403199.
Categories:- Mountain ranges of Victoria (Australia)
- Alpine National Park
- Victoria (Australia) geography stubs
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