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Ben Lomond is a mountain in the north of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is composed of a central massif with an extensive plateau above and high outlier peaks projecting from the mountain. The highest feature on the plateau is the unimposing summit of Legges Tor, at , on the northern aspect of the plateau. The southern end of the plateau is dominated by Stacks Bluff, , which is an imposing feature that drops away to a cliffline above the surrounding foothills. The prominent outlier peaks of Ragged Jack (), Mensa Moor () and Tower Hill () surround the plateau.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map )〕 Ben Lomond is east of Launceston in the Ben Lomond National Park. Tasmania's premier Alpine skiing operations are located at Ben Lomond with downhill skiing facilities in the State. Its accessibility from Launceston, together with the existence of a ski village on the plateau make Ben Lomond an all year round favourite for tourists and hikers. Access to the village and summit can be made via several walking tracks or via a zig-zag road known as "Jacobs Ladder". == Etymology == The Tasmanian Aboriginal Palawa name for Ben Lomond was recorded as ''Turbunna'', ''Toorbunna'' or ''Toorerpunner''.〔〔 The meaning of this name is uncertain, although it has been said, perhaps apocryphally, to mean 'Rain Tail'. The surviving Eastern Tasmanian lexicon records 'toorar' as the word for 'rain' and 'bunner/punner' as the word for tail, so this is a plausible translation.〔〔 The lake on the southern aspect of the plateau, now known as Lake Youl, was known to the Aborigines as meenamata, the prefix mena/miena being the aboriginal word for lake or lagoon.〔〔 This name survives on modern maps as the toponym for the small lakes on the north-western aspect of the plateau - the Menamatta Tarns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map )〕 The region to the south of Ben Lomond's southern aspect encompassing the Fingal Valley was recorded as Troune (meaning Ben Lomond Nation country)〔 Tritterer or Loonder. The name Tudema Tura was recorded for the country around the south to western aspect of Ben Lomond and the South Esk River, which encircles the plateau on threesides, was known as Mangana Lienta (lienta=river)〔 Although the mountain was seen by Flinders on his circumnavigation of Tasmania, the modern name was given by Colonel Paterson, who founded the first settlement in northern Tasmania in 1804, and is taken from the eponymous Scottish mountain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=4563 )〕 There is no isolated peak named Ben Lomond but instead the name may refer to the plateau, massif, bioregion or national park in which it is situated. In colonial times 'Ben Lomond' referred to the foothills and plains west of the southern escarpment and, also into the 20th century, the southern extremity of the massif. Features on the mountain have accreted names over the last two centuries as the region has opened up to surveyors and official parties. The prominent peaks were named early by settlers and apparently based on appearance or location, with Stacks Bluff (originally 'the Butts', then 'the Stacks'), Ossians Throne (originally 'The Knuckle'), the Buffaloes (rock formations near Denison Crag) and Ragged Jack (originally Ragged Mountain) appearing in correspondence in the 1800s. Features on the plateau were predominantly named after surveyors (Giblin Fells), Government Administrators (Twelvetrees Moor), local identities (Lake Youl) or contemporary explorers (Grant Cirque). Last to be named is Mensa Moor, which was approved by the state Nomenclature Board in the 1990s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Lomond (Tasmania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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