Mountain · Wellington Range · Tasmania

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington

1,271 m4,170 ft

Prominence: 705 m2,314 ft
Isolation: 47 km
Tonight: 4°CRain · Wind 17 km/h E

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington is a 1,271 m (4,170 ft) mountain in the Wellington Range, Tasmania, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 1,271 m · 4,170 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Mawson (1,320 m)
Range: Wellington Range
Region: Tasmania, Australia
Protected area: Wellington Park
Spanish name: Monte Wellington
Coordinates: 42.8962° S, 147.2374° E

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3D map

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington elevation profile

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Weather

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington weather

Today · Rain at night · 4 / 13°C (39 / 55°F) · 9.3 mm · Wind 17 km/h E

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington forecast for the summit, about 1,271 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 109 m.

Today4°13°9.3 mm17 km/h EBase 11 / 20°
Sun-3°4°7.9 mm17 km/h SWBase 4 / 11°
Mon-4°5°0.9 mm23 km/h SWBase 3 / 12°
Tue3°5°0.6 mm21 km/h WBase 10 / 12°
Wed2°7°0.8 mm21 km/h WBase 9 / 14°
Thu0°11°–20 km/h WBase 7 / 18°
Fri4°11°1.6 mm8 km/h NWBase 11 / 18°
Sat0°10°2.4 mm19 km/h WBase 7 / 17°
Sun-3°6°0.1 mm13 km/h SWBase 4 / 13°
Mon2°8°–10 km/h SEBase 9 / 15°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kunanyi / Mount Wellington

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kunanyi / Mount Wellington, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.0 km NW
+2 more within 0.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
2.6 km E
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km NW
Parking	0.6 km ENE
Parking	0.7 km N
Trailhead	2.6 km E

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

40.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.0%

Steep, 30–45°

7.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 7.2% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 1,157 m low point 109 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.0%Grassland 25.3%Shrubland 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Kunanyi / Mount Wellington summit.

Summit list 4

1Mount Arthur1,140 m 2.0 km NW
2South Wellington1,185 m 2.2 km SSW
3Thark Ridge1,260 m 3.0 km W
4Kalang Bluff472 m 3.1 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 1,141 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Kerosene Weed356
Dragon Heath332
Cheeseberry319
Narrow-leaf orites243
Scoparia234
Tasmanian Waratah230

Where it sits

Where Kunanyi / Mount Wellington sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake St Clair738 m128 km NW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGKunanyi / Mount Wellington satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-04.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,265 m at the summit; the official height is 1,271 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,271 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,265 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,263 m	-8 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-04)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Kunanyi / Mount Wellington

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Data sources