The Thumb is a peak of the
Mount Bowen
Mount Bowen is a peak in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is high, standing north of the Davis Glacier and south-southwest of Mount Howard. The mountain is primarily composed of layers of sandstone, and the peak is ...
massif on
Hinchinbrook Island
Hinchinbrook Island (or Pouandai to the Biyaygiri people) is an island in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, separated from the north-eastern coast of Queensland by the narrow H ...
, off the north east coast of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
,
Australia. It rises out of the
Coral Sea. The first ascent by Europeans was in 1953 by Jon Stephenson, John Comino, Geoff Broadbent, Dave Stewart, and Ian McLeod from the University of Queensland's Bushwalking Club (UQBWC).
See also
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List of mountains of Australia
This is a list of mountains in Australia.
Highest points by state and territory
List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ...
References
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Mountains of Queensland