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The Horn (Mount Buffalo)

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Elevation
  
1,723 m (5,653 ft) AHD

Location
  
Victoria, Australia

The Horn (Mount Buffalo)

Parent range
  
Victorian Alps, Great Dividing Range

Address
  
Mount Buffalo National Park, Mount Buffalo Rd, Mount Buffalo VIC 3740, Australia

The Horn is the most prominent peak on the Mount Buffalo plateau in Victoria, Australia. The Horn has an elevation of 1,723 metres (5,653 ft) AHD.

Found on the west side of the Victorian Alps (part of the Australian Alps and the Great Dividing Range), the top of the mountain has granite boulders and rock formations.

A walking track leads to the top of The Horn.

History

Aboriginal people made summer ascents to Mount Buffalo to gather and feast on the protein-rich Bogong Moth that cluster in rock crevices, and also to meet and hold ceremonies. The Mount Buffalo plateau was named in 1824 by the explorers, Hume and Hovell, because of its supposed resemblance to a buffalo.

References

The Horn (Mount Buffalo) Wikipedia