Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Island

Name: Erskine Valley
Address: Lord Howe Island, Australia

#4 among attractions in Lord Howe Island

Natural attraction, Nature, Valley

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Erskine Valley is a small, steep-sided, forested valley, containing the perennial Erskine Creek with several small waterfalls. About one kilometre long and broad, it lies between Mounts Lidgbird and Gower, on the western side of the southern end of Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The valley is traversed by the popular hiking track to the summit of Mount Gower. It was named after Thomas Erskine, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807. ()

Coordinates: 31°34'40"S, 159°4'19"E

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Erskine Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Gower, Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Wolf Rock.

0.7 miS
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island
19 min walk • Mount Gower, is the highest mountain on Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
2 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Volcano
Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island
52 min walk • Mount Lidgbird, also Mount Ledgbird and Big Hill, is located in the southern section of Lord Howe Island, just north of Mount Gower, from which it is separated by the saddle at the head of Erskine Valley, and has its peak at 777 metres above sea level.
1.9 miN
Swimming and snorkeling among marine life
Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Lord Howe Island
50 min walk • Lord Howe Island Marine Park is the site of Australia's and the world's most southern coral reef ecosystem. The island is 10 km in length, 2 km wide and consists of a large lagoonal reef system along its leeward side, with 28 small islets along its coast.
3.2 miNE
Island
Wolf Rock, Lord Howe Island Marine Park
82 min walk • Wolf Rock, or sometimes spelt Wolfe Rock in the past, is a submerged rock and reef east of Lord Howe Island. At low tide, it is 9 feet above the water. The rock is named after the Wolf, an ex-Royal Navy gun brig built in 1814, which was working as a whaling ship when on 6 August 1837 it struck an outer reef near Lord Howe Island.

Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Island

Facts and practical information

Lord Howe Island plan & book

Erskine Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island

Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Lord Howe Island

Wolf Rock, Lord Howe Island Marine Park