Tyenna Peak · 1,320 m · 4.2 km WNW

Mountain · Tasmania

Mount Mawson

1,320 m4,331 ft

Prominence: 52 m172 ft
Isolation: 1.7 km
Tonight: 2°CRain · Wind 14 km/h W

Mount Mawson is a 1,320 m (4,331 ft) mountain in Tasmania, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 1,320 m · 4,331 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Field West (1,434 m)
Region: Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates: 42.6943° S, 146.5901° E

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3D map

Mount Mawson 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Mawson 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

Mount Mawson elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Mawson weather

Today · Rain at night · 2 / 12°C (36 / 54°F) · 10.9 mm · Wind 14 km/h W

Mount Mawson forecast for the summit, about 1,320 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 443 m.

Today2°12°10.9 mm14 km/h WBase 7 / 18°
Sun-3°3°6.0 mm13 km/h SWBase 2 / 9°
Mon-3°3°8.0 mm21 km/h WBase 2 / 8°
Tue1°2°7.2 mm24 km/h WBase 6 / 7°
Wed2°4°8.4 mm24 km/h WBase 7 / 9°
Thu1°8°0.5 mm21 km/h WBase 7 / 13°
Fri5°9°1.9 mm14 km/h WBase 11 / 14°
Sat-1°7°7.5 mm21 km/h WBase 4 / 12°
Sun-4°5°0.2 mm13 km/h SWBase 1 / 10°
Mon3°12°–5 km/h NEBase 8 / 17°

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.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.5%

Steep, 30–45°

8.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 8.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 931 m low point 443 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.0%Grassland 23.6%Water 3.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 383 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Scoparia210
Pandani208
Tasmanian Waratah131
Pencil pine107
Copperleaf snowberry105
Mountain Rocket105

Where it sits

Where Mount Mawson sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake St Clair738 m79 km NNW

Downloads

Mount Mawson downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Mawson satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-20.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,310 m at the summit; the official height is 1,320 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,320 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,310 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,299 m	-21 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 2026-02-20)
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