Mount Jukes (Tasmania)
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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.[1]
With an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level,[2] 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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[1]
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 (Script error: No such module "convert". in length)[3] 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:[4][5][6]
- Jukes Range[7]Template:Spaced endashthe ridge between Proprietary Peak in the north, and South Jukes Peak
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- Proprietary Peak[8]Template:Spaced endashScript error: No such module "convert"., 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.
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- Central Peak[13]
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.
See also
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Further reading
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