Isolation 2.71 km (1.68 mi) Easiest route Walk (hike) Prominence 80 m | Topo map Perisher Valley Elevation 2,145 m | |
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Similar Mount Twynam, Mount Townsend, Rams Head, Mount Tate, Gungartan | ||
Carruthers peak run 11 10 14
Carruthers Peak, formerly Curruthers Peak, a mountain in the Main Range of the Great Dividing Range, is located in Snowy Mountains region in southeast New South Wales, Australia. The peak is situated between Mount Lee and Mount Twynam within the Kosciuszko National Park.
Contents
- Carruthers peak run 11 10 14
- Map of Carruthers Peak Kosciuszko National Park NSW 2627 Australia
- Carruthers peak 2145m
- Geology
- References
Map of Carruthers Peak, Kosciuszko National Park NSW 2627, Australia
With an elevation of 2,145 metres (7,037 ft) above sea level, Carruthers Peak is the seventh-highest peak in mainland Australia.
It was named after Joseph Carruthers, a Premier of New South Wales, who, while he served as Minister for Lands, facilitated the building of the Summit Road to Mount Kosciuszko. It can be easily accessed, with the Main Range walk going straight up it.
Carruthers peak 2145m
Geology
The area around it contains patches of the rare windswept feldmark ecotope. Due to a century of grazing on the Main Range, the area around it was heavily eroded. From the 1950s Soil Conservation Service undertook an extensive program of rehabilitation of the vegetation of the Carruthers Peak–Mount Twynam area using bitumen, wire netting and bales of straw. It lies on a vein of shale running south-southeast through the predominant granite.