{“id”:”109935149058344″,”name”:”Mount Wellington”,”location”:{“latitude”:-42.899166666667,”longitude”:147.2325},”link”:”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mount-Wellington\/109935149058344″,”category”:”Mountain”,”category_list”:[{“id”:”194201147294761″,”name”:”Mountain”}],”description”:”Mount Wellington, officially known as kunanyi \/ Mount Wellington, is a mountain in the southeast coastal region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is the summit of the Wellington Range on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart.The mountain rises to above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, sometimes even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about from Hobart central business district. An enclosed lookout near the summit provides spectacular views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area nearly west.From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mount Wellington is the cliff of dolerite columns known as the Organ Pipes. It has extensive views of Hobart and is one of the city’s biggest tourist destinations.GeologyThe low-lying areas and foothills of Mount Wellington were formed by slow geological upsurge when the whole Hobart area was a low-lying cold shallow seabed. The upper reaches of the mountain were formed more violently, as a Sill with a tabular mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between layers of older rock pushing upwards by upsurges of molten rock as the Australian continental shelf tore away from Antarctica, and separated from Gondwana over 40 million years ago. It is often incorrectly considered to be a dormant volcano.”,”description_html”:”
Mount Wellington,<\/b> officially known as kunanyi \/ Mount Wellington<\/b>, is a mountain<\/a> in the southeast coastal region of Tasmania<\/a>, Australia<\/a>. The mountain is the summit of the Wellington Range<\/a> on whose foothill<\/a>s is built much of the city of Hobart<\/a>.<\/p>
The mountain rises to above sea level<\/a> and is frequently covered by snow, sometimes even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about from Hobart central business district. An enclosed lookout near the summit provides spectacular views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary<\/a>, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area<\/a> nearly west.<\/p>
From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mount Wellington is the cliff of dolerite<\/a> columns known as the Organ Pipes. It has extensive views of Hobart and is one of the city’s biggest tourist destinations.<\/p>
Geology<\/h2>
The low-lying areas and foothills of Mount Wellington were formed by slow geological upsurge when the whole Hobart area was a low-lying cold shallow seabed. The upper reaches of the mountain were formed more violently, as a Sill<\/a> with a tabular mass of igneous rock<\/a> that has been intruded laterally between layers of older rock pushing upwards by upsurges of molten rock as the Australian continental shelf tore away from Antarctica<\/a>, and separated from Gondwana<\/a> over 40 million years ago. It is often incorrectly considered to be a dormant volcano.<\/p>“,”display_subtext”:”48,978 people checked in here”,”fan_count”:1186,”overall_star_rating”:4.6}