Mount Heemskirk

Mount Heemskirk is a mountain close to the coast of Western Tasmania. It has an elevation of 721 metres (2,365 ft) above sea level.[1] The Peerapper name for the mountain is recorded as Roeinrim or Traoota munatta.[2]

The first European to sight Mount Heemskirk was Abel Tasman, who sighted the feature on the island of Tasmania on 24 November 1642.[3]

The mountain and its surrounding high ground was also known as the Heemskirk mining area in the 1890s and early 1900s (decade) [4]

The closest town is Zeehan, about 14 kilometres (9 mi) away.[5]

See also

References
  1. http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=36449&d=faq&cmd=sp&c=1&x=145.17221&y=-41.85185&w=40000&mpsec=0
  2. Milligan, Joseph (1858). "On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs" (PDF). Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 270.
  3. Robson, Lloyd (1983) A history of Tasmania. Volume 1 Melbourne, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554364-5 p.3
  4. Waterhouse, L. Lawry (1916) The South Heemskirk Tin Field Hobart. Dept. of Mines, Geological Survey bulletin (Geological Survey of Tasmania) ; no. 21.
  5. http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=36449&d=faq&cmd=sp&c=1&x=145.17221&y=-41.85185&w=40000&mpsec=0


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