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Smithies Peak

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Isolation
  
0.32 km (0.20 mi)

Elevation
  
1,527 m

Age of rock
  
Jurassic

Mountain type
  
Dolerite

Prominence
  
17 m

Smithies Peak

Listing
  
9th highest mountain in Tasmania

Location
  
Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia

Parent range
  
Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque

Normal route
  
Walk / hike via the Overland Track

Similar
  
Castle Crag, Mount Gould, Ironstone Mountain, King Davids Peak, Mother Cummings Peak

The Smithies Peak, sometimes incorrectly called Smithies Towers, is a mountain in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

At 1,527 metres (5,010 feet) above sea level, it is the ninth-highest mountain in Tasmania, and is one of the summits of Cradle Mountain. The peak is composed of dolerite columns, similar to many of the other mountains in the area and rises above the glacially formed Dove Lake (934 metres (3,064 ft)), Lake Wilks and Crater Lake.

Cradle Mountain has four named summits. In order of height they are Cradle Mountain (1,545 metres (5,069 ft)); Smithies Peak; Weindorfers Tower (1,459 metres (4,787 ft)); and Little Horn (1,355 m (4,446 ft)).

References

Smithies Peak Wikipedia