Places Home > All Places > Geography > TAS > Wilderness West

Frenchmans Cap - TAS

Frenchmans Cap

Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Position

DEG: -42.2692 145.830314

DMS: 42º 16' 9.12" S 145º 49' 49.11" E

UTM: 55 G 5319672mN 403538mE

Altitude: 1426.36m

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Location

140.86kms NorthWest of Hobart
500.25kms South of Melbourne

Address & Contact

Franklin-gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Tasmania

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The summit is at 1446m. In clear weather, the peak offers 360 degree views from the mountains of Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair in the north, to Macquarie Harbour in the south and the peaks around Queenstown in the west.

PlaceID	47328

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.

Download Place

Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

Nearby Places (18)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Butlers Gorge at 16/01:30pm EST

Distance from Frenchmans Cap 36.64km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.5°C	2.5°C	77%	2.8°C	hPa	3.8mm	WSW	13km/hr 7knots	46km/hr 25knots

Closest Climatic Station

Lake St Clair National Park

Distance from Frenchmans Cap 33.14km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	19.3	19.3	16.6	13.0	10.2	7.7	7.2	8.2	10.0	12.7	15.6	17.2
Mean Min. °C	6.3	6.0	4.2	2.9	1.7	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.6	5.0
Mean Rain mm	100.7	79.8	110.2	136.5	156.8	169.6	202.0	246.0	220.2	173.3	134.2	130.9