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Mount Jukes is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
located on the Jukes Range, a spur off the West Coast Range
The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast, Tasmania, West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The range lies to the west and north of the main parts of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
The range has h ...
, in the West Coast region of Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
, Australia.
With an elevation of above sea level
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, 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
Lake Burbury is a man-made water reservoir created by the Crotty Dam inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. Discharge from the reservoir feeds the John Butters Hydroelectric Power Station, owned and ...
.
The mountain was named by Charles Gould Charles Gould may refer to:
* Charles Gould, afterwards Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Baronet (1726–1806), English Judge Advocate-General
* Charles Gould (geologist) (1834–1893), first Geological Surveyor of Tasmania, 1859–1869
* Charles G. Gould ...
in 1862 in honour of Professor Joseph Jukes
Joseph Beete Jukes (10 October 1811 – 29 July 1869), born to John and Sophia Jukes at Summer Hill, Birmingham, England, was a renowned geologist, author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of (under th ...
, an English geologist who gathered evidence to part afforded support for Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...
's theories of coral reefs. Jukes had visited Hobart
Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...
in 1842-3 on .
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 ( in length) was constructed by theHydro
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Energy technologies
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** Hydropower, derived from water
** Hydroelectricity, in electrical form
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in the 1980s at the time the Crotty Dam
The Crotty Dam, also known during construction as the King Dam, or the King River Dam on initial approval, is a rockfill embankment dam with a controlled and uncontrolled spillway across the King River, between Mount Jukes and Mount Huxley ...
was made. It connects southern Queenstown with Darwin Dam
The Darwin Dam is an offstream earthfill embankment saddle dam without a spillway, located in Western Tasmania, Australia. The impounded reservoir, also formed by Crotty Dam, is called Lake Burbury.
The dam was constructed in 1990 by the Hyd ...
, where the previously utilised North Mount Lyell Railway
The North Mount Lyell Railway was built to operate between the North Mount Lyell mine in West Coast Tasmania and Pillinger in the Kelly Basin of Macquarie Harbour.
History
At the start of the Twentieth century it was constructed to take o ...
formation between the Linda Valley
Linda Valley is a valley in the West Coast Range (Tasmania), West Coast Range of Tasmania. It was earlier known as the Vale of Chamouni. It is located between Mount Owen, Tasmania, Mount Owen and Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Mount Lyell.
Human settle ...
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: * Jukes Rangethe ridge between Proprietary Peak in the north, and South Jukes Peak * Mount Jukes * Proprietary Peak, 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. * Pyramid Peak * West Jukes Peak * South Jukes Peak * East Jukes Peak, closest to King River Gorge and the Crotty Dam, and to the north of the Mount Jukes Road. * Central Peak 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
*List of highest mountains of Tasmania
The Australian island state of Tasmania has a diverse range of geography but a prominent feature is the mountains of the island.
Overall Tasmania is comparatively low-lying with the highest point at . Tasmania has ten peaks over the height of . ...
References
Further reading
* * * {{Western Tasmania , state=autocollapse Jukes, Mount Jukes, Mount King River power development scheme