The Frankland Range is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
that is located in the
south-west
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region of
Tasmania
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, Australia. The range forms part of a natural south-western border to the
impounded Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder, once a glacial outwash lake, is a man-made impoundment and diversion lake located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia. In addition to its natural catchment from the Frankland Range, the lake is formed by the 1972 damming of the ...
, formed by the damming of the
Serpentine and
Huon rivers.
As part of the
South West Wilderness
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area, it is a less popular site of bushwalking than other, more famous, ranges in Tasmania's South West, and is for much more advanced walkers due to its length, isolation and terrain. Access routes to the range are by boat from the lake, or the roads at
Strathgordon
Strathgordon is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about west of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census recorded a population of 15 for the state s ...
or
Scotts Peak Dam
The Scotts Peak Dam is a rockfill embankment dam without a spillway across the Huon River, located in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia.
The impounded reservoir, also formed with the Edgar Dam and the Serpentine Dam, is called Lak ...
.
Nearby ranges include the
Arthur
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,
Companion,
Folded,
Tribulation
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, and the
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Places Australia
*Division of Wilmot, an abolished Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania
*Wilmot, Tasmania, a locality in the North-West Region
Canada
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ranges.
Notable peaks
See also
*
List of mountain ranges in Tasmania
References
External links
* http://tqft.net/wiki/Frankland_Range
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Mountain ranges of Tasmania
South West Tasmania
Lake Pedder