This homepage links to lists of lakes, rivers, waterfalls and mountains of Tasmania.  The lists give Tasmanian map references and coordinate positions for certain of the listed features of Tasmania.

Tasmania

Tasmania is an island State of Australia to the south-east of mainland Australia.  It is a  low-mountainous land with wonderful forests, scenic landscapes, beautiful beaches and a fantastic lifestyle which offers many adventure activities for the experienced, and less experienced, adventure seeking traveller.  Tassie is home to some great caving, rafting, climbing, wilderness and bushwalking (and epic bushwalks).  For a taste of bushwalkers' experiences in Tasmania visit Bushwalk Tasmania.

I have compiled the following lists to assist in locating the various features on the 1:25000 maps for Tasmania.  The lists may contain errors, and will be updated at various times, and they certainly do not pretend to be absolute in any way, shape or form as to their inclusivity or accuracy.  They are mostly derived from a static point in time look at maps which may be superseded at some point and feature names may alter.  I have provided an email contact at the bottom of the page for any comments to be expressed or inaccuracy to be notified, or if you want to point the way to other worthwhile links or to let me know that currently listed links are not valid anymore.  I am quite happy to share information, so, if you want to access sortable data (and publish your own), please contact me on the email contact below.

Lists of Tasmanian features:

• Mountains [corrected 24 June 2008] -  WildTiger is gathering photos of some of those peaks and an accumulation of information about bushwalking in Tasmania (such as trip descriptions, preparations, etc). 
• Lakes, tarns etc
• Waterfalls - Photo links are on my photo links  page
• Rivers and certain other streams [updated 24 May 2007]
• Huts - this is a link to an external page

The sources of information include:

1. Tasmap publications.  I have done a first hand search of the 1:25 000 maps followed by a reference check to the other sources indicated below.  Most 1:25 000 maps are based on AGD66 with a few upgraded to the new GDA94 (these are indicated in the list).  The new GDA94 causes a shift in grid co-ordinates to the previous datum.  To convert a location on a AGD66/84 1:25 000 map to a GDA94 map, add approximately 112m to the Easting (+ .001) and 183m to the Northing (+ .002).
2. Peak Baggers Guides : Each peak scores between 1 (low) and 10 (maximum) points based, in part, on degree of difficulty but also on local reputation, height, accessibility, walking time, scrub, rocks, height to be climbed, tracks and proximity to other peaks.  As such, they are good guides to degree of difficulty but are subject to changing conditions as access alters with new roads etc.  Two lists are incorporated :{First listed area / value} Article by Tim Christie, A Peak Bagger's Guide to Tasmania,  The Tasmanian Tramp, 1968:18 and modified by Geoff Morffew, Peak-Bagger's Guide revised,  The Tasmanian Tramp.   {Second listed area / value}  2000 by Geoff Morffew and David Hardy [Tasmanian Tramp No. 33-2000]
3. The Abels, Tasmania's Mountains Over 1100 m High, Wilkinson, Bill – Regal Publications, Launceston.
4. A Tasmanian government database that is quite accessible http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/

Anticipate an error factor of  +/-  .002 in the coordinates stated for the datum [For "ranges" "lakes" etc. these may differ quite a bit more].

Illustration of Tasmanian Co-ordinates and Tasmap references

Tasmania is in Australian Map Grid Zone 55.

3 rd digit - 2 nd digit of Northing grid block; 4 th digit - northing grid row (0-9 represents northward movement of 10 kms).