Map - Ben Lomond (Tasmania) (Ben Lomond)

Ben Lomond  (Ben Lomond)
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Ben Lomond is a mountain in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia.

The mountain is composed of a central massif with an extensive plateau above 1200 m and high outlier peaks projecting from the mountain. The highest feature on the plateau is the unimposing summit of Legges Tor, at 1572 m, on the northern aspect of the plateau. The southern end of the plateau is dominated by Stacks Bluff, 1527 m, which is an imposing feature that drops away to a cliffline 600 m above the surrounding foothills. The prominent outlier peaks of Ragged Jack (1369 m), Mensa Moor (1358 m) and Tower Hill (1122 m) surround the plateau.

Ben Lomond is east of Launceston in the Ben Lomond National Park. Tasmania's premier Alpine skiing operations are located at Ben Lomond with downhill skiing facilities in the State.

Its accessibility from Launceston, together with the existence of a ski village on the plateau make Ben Lomond an all year round favourite for tourists and hikers. Access to the village and summit can be made via several walking tracks or via a zig-zag road known as "Jacobs Ladder".

The locality of Ben Lomond is in the local government area of Northern Midlands in the Central region of Tasmania. The locality is about 64 km east of the town of Longford.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal palawa kani name for Ben Lomond is turapina and was recorded in various word lists as ', toorbunna or '. The meaning of this name is uncertain, but the suffix bunna/pina is thought to denote tableland or plateau and linguistic research suggests that the stem tur/tura means bluff or precipitous cliffs. Modern etymological researchers of the Palawa lexicon assert that, in addition to turupina, there were several names related to Ben Lomond:

* parndokenne - the plateau between the Nile River valley (Lake Youl) and Stacks Bluff

* tudema tura - a name recorded by John Glover - Taylor asserts that tudema equates to the locality and tura = bluff- probably Stacks Bluff

* loonder - cf lienta (i.e. mangana lienta - South Esk River) a contraction for the plains to the south of Stacks Bluff - Fingal Valley 
Map - Ben Lomond  (Ben Lomond)
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