Mount Buffalo (Mount Buffalo)
Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau of the Australian Alps and is within the Mount Buffalo National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is located approximately 350 km northeast of Melbourne. It is noted for its dramatic scenery.
The summit of the highest peak of the plateau, known as The Horn, has an elevation of 1723 m AHD.
Mount Buffalo is managed by Parks Victoria.
Before European settlement, Mount Buffalo was visited by the Mitambuta and Taungurung people who visited to feast on Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa). Hamilton Hume and William Hovell were the first Europeans to visit the area and they named the mountain during their 1824 expedition, noting the mountain's resemblance to a giant, sleeping buffalo.
In 1836, the explorer and Surveyor General of New South Wales, Thomas Mitchell visited the area and named the mountain Mount Aberdeen, unaware it had already been named Mount Buffalo.
The summit of the highest peak of the plateau, known as The Horn, has an elevation of 1723 m AHD.
Mount Buffalo is managed by Parks Victoria.
Before European settlement, Mount Buffalo was visited by the Mitambuta and Taungurung people who visited to feast on Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa). Hamilton Hume and William Hovell were the first Europeans to visit the area and they named the mountain during their 1824 expedition, noting the mountain's resemblance to a giant, sleeping buffalo.
In 1836, the explorer and Surveyor General of New South Wales, Thomas Mitchell visited the area and named the mountain Mount Aberdeen, unaware it had already been named Mount Buffalo.
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AUD | Australian dollar | $ | 2 |
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