Mount Heemskirk

Mount Heemskirk is a mountain close to the coast of Western Tasmania. It has an elevation of 721 metres (2,365 ft) above sea level.[1] The Peerapper name for the mountain is recorded as Roeinrim or Traoota munatta.[2]

The first European to sight Mount Heemskirk was Abel Tasman, who sighted the feature on the island of Tasmania on 24 November 1642.[3]

The mountain and its surrounding high ground was also known as the Heemskirk mining area in the 1890s and early 1900s (decade)[4]

The closest town is Zeehan, about 14 kilometres (9 mi) away.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Frequently asked questions about Mount Heemskirk in Tasmania - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia".
  2. Milligan, Joseph (1858). "On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs" (PDF). Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 270.
  3. Robson, Lloyd (1983) A history of Tasmania. Volume 1 Melbourne, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554364-5 p.3
  4. Waterhouse, L. Lawry (1916) The South Heemskirk Tin Field Hobart. Dept. of Mines, Geological Survey bulletin (Geological Survey of Tasmania) ; no. 21.
  5. "Frequently asked questions about Mount Heemskirk in Tasmania - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia".

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