Horseshoe Falls (Tasmania)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls, in 2009.


Location	Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates	42°40′12″S 146°42′36″E / 42.67000°S 146.71000°E / -42.67000; 146.71000^[1]
Type	Tiered–cascade

Location and features

The Horseshoe Falls are situated in the Mount Field National Park, 100 metres (330 ft) upstream of Russell Falls, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Hobart via the Brooker Highway to New Norfolk and are a popular tourist attraction. The waterfall descends over horizontal marine Permian siltstone benches, while the vertical faces of the falls are composed of resistant sandstone layers.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ "Horseshoe Falls (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
^ "Russell Falls and Horseshoe Falls". TasTrails. 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ "Mt Field National Park". Parks & Wildlife Service. Government of Tasmania. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ "Mt Field National Park: Highlights". Parks & Wildlife Service. Government of Tasmania. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Waterfalls of Australia

Australian Capital Territory
Gibraltar

New South Wales
Apsley Beauchamp Belmore Balaka Black Banksia Boundary Bridal Veil (Leura) Carrington Dangar Dangars Ebor Ellenborough Fitzroy Govetts Leap Kanangra Katoomba Minyon Newell Paddys River Protestors Sherrard Tia Tin Mine Valentine Wentworth Wollomombi

Northern Territory
Edith Florence Gunlom Falls Jim Jim Tjaynera Tolmer Twin Wangi

Queensland

South Australia
First (Adelaide Hills) First (Burnside) Ingalalla Kanalla

Tasmania
Delaneys Detention Dip Guide Horseshoe Lady Barron Liffey Montezuma Nelson Russell Vanishing

Victoria
Hopetoun Little River Nigretta Silverband Steavenson Toorongo Triplet Wannon

Western Australia
King George Lesmurdie Serpentine

Settlements

Governance

Mountains

Du Cane Range	The Acropolis Castle Crag Geryon Gould Ossa Thetis
Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque	Barn Bluff Cradle Smithies
Cathedral	Cathedral
Great Western Tiers	Ironstone Mother Cummings Quamby Bluff
Pelion Range	Pelion East Pelion West