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Mount Anne is a mountain in the Southwest National Park in Tasmania, Australia. It is within the UNESCO World Heritage listed Tasmanian Wilderness. Mount Anne is the nineteenth highest mountain in Tasmania, but the highest in south-west Tasmania, adding to its appearance of prominence.〔 *Wilkinson, Bill. (1994) ''The Abels: Tasmania’s mountains over 1100 m high'' Launceston, Tas.: Regal Publications ISBN 0-949457-67-1. South west region highest at pp.39 and 40, and page 43 ''Table B'' - The Abels arranged in Order of Altitude, 28th highest in Wilkinsons list 1994.〕 It dominates the area surrounding Lake Pedder. Although a primarily dolerite structure, it has a large sub-structure of dolomite, which contains an extensive cave system. This system includes the famous 'Anna-a-Kananda' cave - one of the deepest caves in Australia.〔''Australian Caver'' 105, 1984 Features Anne-A-Kananda of Mount Anne Tasmania + map〕 Several cavers have been killed trying to explore its depths.〔 - mentione this cave as being the deepest〕 Mount Anne has a superb region of ancient Gondwanan type vegetation on its north-east ridge, some of which are amongst the oldest surviving plant species on the planet. == History == Mount Anne was named by George Frankland after his wife, Georgina Anne in 1835. Henry Judd reached the Mount Anne Plateau from the Huon Valley in 1880.〔 Walter Crookall and Geoff Chapman, members of the Hobart Walking Club found a way to the top on 25 December 1929. The long hike from Maydena or Huonville became a day walk after the construction of the Scotts Peak Dam Road in 1970.〔 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「Mount Anne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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