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Mount Ossa, Tasmania

Prominence: 1617 m, 5305 ft

Elevation: 1617 meters, 5305 feet

True Isolation: 488.84 km, 303.75 mi

Subpeaks	Mount Ossa - Northwest Peak (1541 m/5056 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41° 52' 15'' S, 146° 2' 0'' E -41.870918, 146.033268 (Dec Deg) 419776 E 5364104 N, Zone 55 (UTM)
Country	Australia
State/Province	Tasmania (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 119 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 112) Selected Trip Reports: 1973-11-17 by Olaf Moon 1993-10-30 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2009-04-15 by Lee Cleghorn 2009-12-15 by Bob Kerr 2010-12-06 by luke gallagher 2015-01-16 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2015-01-21 by Richard Mclellan (GPS Track) 2015-03-28 by Lev Babiev (GPS Track) 2017-02-13 by Ashley Watson (Unsuccessful) 2018-01-03 by Dean Gaudet 2018-02-26 by Ashley Watson 2018-12-23 by Urszula Jelen (GPS Track) 2020-01-06 by Douglas Harris 2020-09-18 by Damien Viney 2020-12-30 by Lucy Hawthorne 2022-05-20 by Karen Prince (Unsuccessful) 2022-11-25 by Karen Prince (Unsuccessful)
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The summit block of Mount Ossa requires some nimble scrambling to ascend, especially when covered with a light coating of spring snow (1993-10-30).

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Prominence

  Clean Prominence: 1617 m/5305 ft
  Optimistic Prominence: 1617 m/5305 ft
  Key Col: Tasman Sea    0 m/0 ft

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 488.84 km/303.75 mi
   Isolation Limit Point: -37.5092, 146.81
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Picture Point  (N)

Ranges

Continent: Australia-Oceania
Range2: Lesser Australian Ranges (Highest Point)
Range3: Tasmania (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Great Australian Bight
Indian Ocean

Bass Strait
Tasman Sea
Pacific Ocean

Island

Tasmania (Highest Point)

Ownership

Land: Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Achilles 4036 1:25,000

Route #1

Scramble

Data Source

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Mt Ossa (2018-12-23). Photo by Urszula Jelen.
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On the left: some of the lads at the summit of Mt Ossa, Tasmania; everywhere else: a smorgasbord of Tassie peaks, including (L to R) Mt Pelion West, Barn Bluff, Cradle Mountain, Mt Oakleigh, Mt Pillinger, Mt Pelion East ... and many others (2018-02-26). Photo by Ashley Watson.
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