Mount Jukes (Tasmania)
Mount Jukes is a mountain located on the Jukes Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.[3]
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  Mount Jukes Location in Tasmania | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,168 m (3,832 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 911 m (2,989 ft) [1] |
| Isolation | 23.09 km (14.35 mi) [1] |
| Coordinates | 42°10′12″S 145°34′48″E [2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | West Coast, Tasmania, Australia |
| Parent range | Jukes Range, West Coast Range |
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| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Jurassic |
With an elevation of 1,168 metres (3,832 ft) above sea level,[1] with multiple peaks, and glacial lakes on its upper eastern reaches, Mount Jukes is situated above the town of Crotty and is west of Lake Burbury.
The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1862 in honour of Professor Joseph Jukes, an English geologist who gathered evidence to part afforded support for Charles Darwin's theories of coral reefs. Jukes had visited Hobart in 1842-3 on HMS Fly.[3]
Mines
It has had mines and small mining camps adjacent to the lakes, and on the northern upper slopes, near where the Mount Jukes road traverses the upper slopes of the King River Gorge. These mines provide resources to nearby areas and give power to the surrounding areas.
Access and features
The Mount Jukes Road (22 kilometres (14 mi) in length)[4] was constructed by the Hydro in the 1980s at the time the Crotty Dam was made. It connects southern Queenstown with Darwin Dam, where the previously utilised North Mount Lyell Railway formation between the Linda Valley and Crotty was submerged by Lake Burbury.
Two named glacial lakes in the upper part of the eastern side of the mountain are the Upper Lake Jukes and the Lower Lake Jukes. It is by the lakes that a number of small mines were started in the early years of the twentieth century.
Mount Huxley is located to the north and Mount Darwin is located to the south.
Peaks and spurs
Mount Jukes has a number of named features:[5][6][7]
- Jukes Range[8] – the ridge between Proprietary Peak in the north, and South Jukes Peak
- Mount Jukes – 1,168 metres (3,832 ft)[1]
- Proprietary Peak[9] – 1,104 metres (3,622 ft), north west of main part of Mount Jukes, with the Crown Spur the most noticeable feature when viewed from the town of Queenstown to the north.
- Pyramid Peak[10] – 1,080 metres (3,540 ft)
- West Jukes Peak[11] – 1,062 metres (3,484 ft)
- South Jukes Peak[12] – 1,014 metres (3,327 ft)
- East Jukes Peak[13] – 731 metres (2,398 ft), closest to King River Gorge and the Crotty Dam, and to the north of the Mount Jukes Road.
- Central Peak[14]
Some other named features include Yellow Knob, Yellow Knob Spur, South Jukes Spur, Crown Spur, East Jukes Spur, Intercolonial Spur, Cliff Spur, and Newall Spur.
References
- "Mount Jukes, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- "Mount Jukes (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania. 144: 1–13. ISSN 0080-4703. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- HEC (no date) King River Power Development p.12 Construction Highlights
- Franklin (Map) (6 ed.). 1:100,000. Tasmap. 1997. Sheet 8013.
- Darwin (Map) (2 ed.). 1:25,000. Tasmap. 1999. Sheet 3832.
- Owen (Map) (2 ed.). 1:25,000. Tasmap. 2001. Sheet 3833.
- "Jukes Range (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Proprietary Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Pyramid Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "West Jukes Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "South Jukes Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "East Jukes Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Central Peak (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
Further reading
- Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Crawford, Patsy (2000). King: Story of a River. Montpelier Press. ISBN 1-876597-02-X.
- Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.