Precipitous Bluff

Precipitous Bluff
Highest point
Elevation	1,145 m (3,757 ft)
Prominence	415 m (1,362 ft)
Coordinates
Geography
Location	Tasmania, Australia
Parent range	Southern Ranges
Topo map	[1]

Precipitous Bluff or PB is a mountain in the South West Wilderness of Tasmania located north east of New River lagoon.

Geology and Geography

It is visible from the South Coast Track and the Moonlight Ridge walk with a prominence of over 400m consisting of columnar Jurassic dolerite rock. It is rich in Ordovician Carbonates and limestone in the area was briefly under threat by mining in the 1970s. There were also logging threats until it became part of the Southwest National Park.

Archaeological and cave features, together with cave fauna were investigated during the Franklin Dam controversy but were criticised for being politically influenced.

Access

PB can be accessed from either the South Coast track to the south, or the Moonlight ridge track to the north east. It is a 2-day walk from the coast track including a lengthy wade through New River Lagoon, or a multi-day hike across the more inland ridges.