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The Horn is the most prominent peak on the
Mount Buffalo National Park
Mount Buffalo
Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau of the Australian Alps and is within the Mount Buffalo National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is noted for its dramatic scenery.
The summit of the highes ...
plateau in Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. The Horn has an elevation of AHD.
Found on the west side of the Victorian Alps
The Victorian Alps, also known locally as the High Country, is a large mountain system in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. Occupying the majority of eastern Victoria, it is the southwestern half of the Australian Alps (the other h ...
(part of the Australian Alps
The Australian Alps is a mountain range in southeast Australia. It comprises an interim Australian bioregion,
and the Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
), 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-richBogong Moth
The bogong moth (''Agrotis infusa'') is a temperate species of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly. During the autumn a ...
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
The Hume and Hovell expedition was a journey of exploration undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an exped ...
, because of its supposed resemblance to a buffalo.
See also
*Alpine National Park
The Alpine National Park is a national park located in the Central Highlands and Alpine regions of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located northeast of Melbourne. It is the largest National Park in Victoria, and covers much of the hig ...
* List of mountains in Victoria
External links
Mount Buffalo National Park
References
Mountains of Victoria (Australia) Victorian Alps Mountains of Hume (region) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub