CRADLE MOUNTAIN

mountain situated at the northern boundary of the 622-square-mile (1,611-square-kilometre) Cradle MountainLake St. Clair National Park, in northwest-central Tasmania, Australia. Located on Tasmania's central plateau, its lava basalt peak rises to 5,069 feet (1,545 m). It is an arte (narrow ridge) that resembles a cradle, hence the name. The mountain was reportedly first scaled either by Henry Hellyer, a surveyor, in 1831 or by the Australian climbers Franz and Julius Malcher.