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Mount Lyell
- Prominence
- 502 m1,648 ft
- Isolation
- 4.4 km
- Tonight
- 5°CRain · Wind 11 km/h W
Mount Lyell is a 917 m (3,009 ft) mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 917 m · 3,009 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Sedgwick (1,147 m)
- Range
- West Coast Range
- Region
- Tasmania, Australia
- Coordinates
- 42.0504° S, 145.6143° E
Mount Lyell 3D map
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Mount Lyell terrain and contours
25 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.
Mount Lyell elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mount Lyell weather
Today · Rain at night · 5 / 13°C (41 / 55°F) · 8.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h W
Mount Lyell forecast for the summit, about 917 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 182 m.
- Today5°13°8.3 mm11 km/h WBase 9 / 17°
- Sun0°6°13.5 mm14 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°
- Mon0°5°11.2 mm18 km/h WBase 5 / 9°
- Tue4°4°14.9 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 8°
- Wed5°6°13.5 mm18 km/h WBase 9 / 10°
- Thu4°8°0.8 mm14 km/h WBase 8 / 13°
- Fri7°10°6.5 mm13 km/h NWBase 12 / 14°
- Sat2°8°11.6 mm17 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
- Sun-1°9°0.1 mm13 km/h SBase 4 / 13°
- Mon4°12°–12 km/h NBase 8 / 16°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 12.6% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 733 m low point 182 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 36 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tassel cord-rush5
- Western flag iris3
- Copperleaf snowberry3
- Silver wattle2
- Purple foxglove2
- Common Heath2
Where Mount Lyell sits
- Range
- West Coast Range3
Nearby places
Mount Lyell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 915 m at the summit; the official height is 917 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 917 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 915 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 911 m | -6 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 2026-02-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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