posted on 2023-11-22, 10:01authored byHR Hutchison, Edmund Leolin Piesse, LF Giblin
In a paper read before the Society in 1907, two of us gave an account of observations made with aneroids on Ben Lomond in 1906 and 1907 with the object of determining the difference of height between Legge Peak, the highest summit in the northern part of the Ben Lomond range, and the trigonometrical station at the southern end of the range. The trigonometrical station is stated on the official maps of Tasmania to have a height of 5010 feet; Cradle Mountain is stated to be 5069 feet, and the Ben Lomond station comes next below it, being thus the second highest of the officially recorded summits.
History
Publication title
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
5-16
ISSN
0080-4703
Rights statement
In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..