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Coordinates: 42°00′46″S 145°41′36″E / 42.01278°S 145.69333°E

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Eldon
Location of the Eldon River mouth in Tasmania
Location
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	West Coast
Physical characteristics

Source	Eldon Range
• location	below Eldon Bluff
• coordinates	41°59′15″S 145°47′35″E / 41.98750°S 145.79306°E / -41.98750; 145.79306
• elevation	991 m (3,251 ft)

Mouth	Confluence with the South Eldon River to form the King River
• coordinates	42°00′46″S 145°41′36″E / 42.01278°S 145.69333°E / -42.01278; 145.69333
• elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Length	21 km (13 mi)
Basin features
River system	King River catchment
Reservoir	Lake Burbury
^[1]

The Eldon River, part of the King River catchment, is a perennial river located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

Course and features

The Eldon River rises on the slopes of the Eldon Range below Eldon Bluff, located to the east of the West Coast Range, and flows generally north, west and then south, before reaching its confluence with the South Eldon River and emptying into the King River, dammed to form Lake Burbury. The river descends 750 metres (2,460 ft) over its 21-kilometre (13 mi) course.^[1]

The Eldon River was a reference point for early-twentieth-century tracks in the region.^[2]^[3]

Patsy Crawford in her book about the King River describes the explorer diary of Charles Gould, who named features in the area.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Map of Eldon River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "TASMANIA". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XXIV, no. 258. Tasmania, Australia. 13 August 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 24 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Binks, C. J. (1989), Explorers of Western Tasmania (revised ed.), C. J. Binks, ISBN 978-0-7316-7300-1. See index, s.v. "Eldon Range".
^ Crawford, Patsy (2000), King: The Story of a River, Montpelier Press, pp. 42, 152–5, ISBN 978-1-876597-02-3

River systems and rivers of Tasmania, Australia

Rivers flowing towards the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean
Anne Apsley Arve Blythe Broad Browns Carlton Cascade Clyde Cracroft Cygnet Dee Denison (Little) Derwent Gawler George Harcus Hobart Huon Jordan Lachlan Little Swanport Lune Maurice Medway Mountain Nive North West Bay Ouse Picton Plenty Prosser Ringarooma Russell Snake Styx Swanport (Little) Welcome Weld Wye

Rivers flowing towards the Southern Ocean

Rivers flowing towards Bass Strait

Category

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities and
other settlements

Queenstown

Governance

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall
Eldon	Eldon Peak
Engineer	unnamed peak
Raglan	unnamed peak
Sticht	unnamed peak

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Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Power stations

Transport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness
Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class
Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour
Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Gaiety Theatre Galley Museum Paragon Theatre Queenstown Oval

People of note

Mining

Books and
newspapers

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Course and features

See also

References