Tin Mine Falls
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox waterfall The Tin Mine Falls is a cascade waterfall located in the remote Pilot Wilderness Area within the Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Described from top to bottom, the falls consist of non-segmented tiered cascades over bedrock with a few smaller plunges, followed by a single large plunge into a pool. The falls are recessed into a punchbowl feature making it impossible to view the entire waterfall from a single location on the ground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Location and features
The falls are located in remote country within the Kosciuszko National Park. The closest access point is the Cascade Fire Trail, a hiking trail that runs south from the Alpine Way, west of Thredbo Village.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The height of Tin Mine Falls is listed as Template:Convert<ref name=wwd/> or Template:Convert,<ref name="height_ref2">Template:Cite web</ref> and quote a story concerning the origin of this figure: "The falls were apparently measured in 1990 by a Dr. John Pease ... using a plumb line".<ref name=wwd/><ref name="height_myths">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the World Waterfall Database, Tin Mine Falls is the 462nd tallest waterfall in the world, with a total height of Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Official data from Geoscience Australia list the most significant waterfalls in Australia as:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Wallaman Falls – Queensland, 305m<ref name="height_ref4">Geosciences Australia</ref>
- Wollomombi Falls – New South Wales, Template:Convert with a Template:Convert single drop<ref name="height_ref4"/>
- Ellenborough Falls – New South Wales Template:Convert in a single drop<ref name="height_ref4"/>
Conclusions
Template:More citations needed section The estimated height of Template:Convert corresponds with topography but contradicts Geoscience Australia's list of the tallest waterfalls in Australia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (this would make Tin Mine Falls the 3rd highest on the continent). Unless the upper limit of the falls is fixed well upstream, to include a long section of shallow-slope non-bedrock streambed, the rumoured height of Template:Convert cannot be substantiated.