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Watsons Crags (MOUNTAIN), NSW Details
Description
A mountain which lies S of Claymore Creek and E of Crags Creek about 3 kms N by W of Mount Anton.
Origin
Named by Richard Helm in 1893 who wrote The extreme westerly rise of the Tenison Woods Range with its grotesquely serrated and abrupt cliff I dedicated to my friend Professor Archd. Watson of Adelaide who has always evinced the greatest interest and fostered geographical knowledge and explorations of Australia (Andrews A 1991)
Watsons Crags (MOUNTAIN), NSW
title | Watsons Crags (MOUNTAIN) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 63506 |
placename | Watsons Crags |
designation | MOUNTAIN |
geographical name | |
previous names | Watsons Craggs |
lga | TUMBARUMBA |
description | A mountain which lies S of Claymore Creek and E of Crags Creek about 3 kms N by W of Mount Anton. |
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origin | Named by Richard Helm in 1893 who wrote The extreme westerly rise of the Tenison Woods Range with its grotesquely serrated and abrupt cliff I dedicated to my friend Professor Archd. Watson of Adelaide who has always evinced the greatest interest and fostered geographical knowledge and explorations of Australia (Andrews A 1991) |
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