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09-JAN-2009

Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain

The whole multi-peaked mountain in the centre background is Cradle Mountain. I have heard two explanations for the name.
One is that it resembles a gold-miners cradle - a 19th century device to separate gold from debris.
The other is that the it resembles a baby's cradle. The locals refer to the saddle between Little Horn and Weindorfer's Tower as "the baby".

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