Cradle Mountain (Lake St Clair National Park) 
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161,000ha.
Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park takes in the highest regions in Tasmania, with a number of rugged peaks covered with dolerite, including Mount Ossa (1616m), the highest point on the island. The park occupies the northern part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1982. To the south is Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The topography of the area, with its Alpine aspect, was mainly formed during and more particularly at the end of the last ice age, when the retreating glaciers left behind precipitous peaks, U-shaped valleys and barrier lakes. The first section of the national park was established in 1922 after an exploration of the area by an immigrant Austrian scientist, Gustav Weindorfer.
Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park takes in the highest regions in Tasmania, with a number of rugged peaks covered with dolerite, including Mount Ossa (1616m), the highest point on the island. The park occupies the northern part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area listed by UNESCO in 1982. To the south is Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The topography of the area, with its Alpine aspect, was mainly formed during and more particularly at the end of the last ice age, when the retreating glaciers left behind precipitous peaks, U-shaped valleys and barrier lakes. The first section of the national park was established in 1922 after an exploration of the area by an immigrant Austrian scientist, Gustav Weindorfer.
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Address:
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Hobart Office, 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia
Tips: Best time to visit: summer (November to March).
Access to Lake St Clair: Lyell Highway (A 10) to Derwent Bridge, where a side road goes off to the lake. To Cradle Valley: Murchison Highway (A 10) and C 132; 60km northeast of Rosebery side road to Cradle Valley Lodge. In winter some stretches of road may be closed.
Admission cost is per vehicle per day up to a maximum of eight people.
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