Mount Allyn

Mount Allyn

Mount Allyn & Grass Trees, photographed from Mount Cabrebald
Highest point
Elevation 1,125 m (3,691 ft)
Listing List of mountains of Australia
Coordinates 32°7.48′S 151°25.74′E / 32.12467°S 151.42900°E / -32.12467; 151.42900Coordinates: 32°7.48′S 151°25.74′E / 32.12467°S 151.42900°E / -32.12467; 151.42900
Geography
Mount Allyn

Location in New South Wales

Location Chichester State Forest, Upper Hunter region, New South Wales, Australia
Country Australia
Parent range Allyn Range
Geology
Age of rock Eocene

Mount Allyn is a mountain[1] with an elevation of 1,125 metres (3,691 ft) AHD that is part of the Allyn Range, located within the Chichester State Forest, in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Allyn is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south southwest of Careys Peak[1] and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Muswellbrook.

Snow often falls in winter. Much of the mountain is covered in Antarctic Beech cool temperate rainforest.[2]

There is dirt-road access to the peak.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Allyn". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. "Nothofagus moorei | Antarctic Beech". Occurrence Record. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2012.


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