Mount_Lyell,_Tasmania
Mount Lyell (Tasmania)
Mountain in Tasmania, Australia
Mount Lyell is a mountain in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia.
Mount Lyell has an elevation of 917 metres (3,009 ft) above sea level.[citation needed] The adjacent mountains are Mount Sedgwick to the north and Mount Owen to the south.
The mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 after geologist Charles Lyell, a supporter of Charles Darwin.[2]
Mount Lyell was also the common short name of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.