<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry id="_a3d630dc-9b91-4e55-a890-971223fe3a75" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_065358c5-40de-42f8-a40e-4ef1b559608b">Alpine area</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>An area given in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2313_0.9.0.xml#_31e83b3d-7c7c-4c91-ba93-73f72d5e4c90" id="_c88900ba-e4b0-47b4-b217-e4493de687c9" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 1</xref> and in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2292_0.2.0.xml#_6bd0bca7-d852-4b9f-90bc-a02485d7094d" id="_2e7e3aae-2eba-4cea-a1e9-2850f9cfdba4" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="table-reference">Table 1</xref> for specific locations, and is—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_42dae1d6-ad76-4271-8715-2e1ab7094bfe">likely to be subject to significant snowfalls; and</li><li id="_bdfadadc-12a3-452f-b3e2-efa6b90074a5">in New South Wales, the ACT or Victoria more than 1200 m above the Australian Height Datum; and</li><li id="_41820ba7-d3d2-4c64-9014-2b461eab5844">in Tasmania more than 900 m above the Australian Height Datum.</li></ol><table-reference conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2292_0.2.0.xml" graph="None" id="_6bd0bca7-d852-4b9f-90bc-a02485d7094d"><num/><title id="_abb43ccc-c9ae-4210-918f-e8290b19d200"/></table-reference><image-reference conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2313_0.9.0.xml" id="_31e83b3d-7c7c-4c91-ba93-73f72d5e4c90"><num/><title id="_9b2bec5b-fc64-4836-9e8a-d635649fbb99"/></image-reference><callout id="_a732b8ce-9cde-4ace-81d4-e3a66daa374c"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>Alpine areas are located in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.</p><p>Alpine areas are areas 1200 m or more above Australian Height Datum (AHD) for New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, and 900 m or more above AHD for Tasmania, as shown in Figure 1.</p><p>Alpine areas are considered to receive significant snowfalls (snowfalls that result in an average snow accumulation on the ground of 175 mm or greater). Regions in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria between 600 – 1200 m AHD are considered to be sub-alpine areas and may receive significant snowfalls, however unlike alpine areas the snow is unlikely to accumulate.</p><p>It is recommended that the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1189_0.7.0.xml#_c1612e09-903f-47de-9ee0-00fb915ae751" id="_85ff85f6-8612-474a-804d-3957ac739238" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">appropriate authority</xref> be consulted to determine whether the building is located in an alpine area. AS/NZS 1170.3 also contains further detail in the identification of alpine areas and the altitude of the alpine regions of Australia.</p><p>In the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra is not designated as an alpine area as snow loads are not considered significant.</p></callout></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>