Mount Conner | |
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![]() Mount Conner seen from the road to
Uluru / Ayers Rock | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 859 m (2,818 ft) AHD |
Coordinates | 25°29′34″S 131°53′52″E / 25.492807°S 131.897828°E [1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | M. L. Conner |
Geography | |
Location | Petermann, Northern Territory, [1] Australia |
Mount Conner, also known as Artilla or Atila, or tongue-in-cheek as Fooluru, is a mountain located in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Mount Conner is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) southeast of Lake Amadeus, in the locality of Petermann. [1] It lies within the Curtin Springs cattle station in Pitjantjatjara country, [2] close to the site of the Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Dreaming. [3]
Its height reaches 859 metres (2,818 ft) above sea level and 300 metres (984 ft) above ground level. [4]
Mount Conner was named after M. L. Conner by explorer William Gosse in 1873. Its Aboriginal name is "Artilla" or "Attila", believed to be associated with the "terrible ice-man" story. [1]
It is also known by locals as "Fool-uru" or "Fuluru", owing to tourists sometimes confusing it with Uluru. [5] [6]
The sides of Mount Conner are blanketed by scree (talus) and its top is blanketed by colluvium. The base of Mount Conner is surrounded by alluvium. [7] [8] [9]
The summit of Mount Conner, along with the summits of low domes in the Kata Tjuta complex and summit levels of Uluru, is an erosional remnant of a Cretaceous geomorphic surface. It is considered to be a classic example of an inselberg created by erosion of surrounding strata. [10]
Mount Conner | |
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![]() Mount Conner seen from the road to
Uluru / Ayers Rock | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 859 m (2,818 ft) AHD |
Coordinates | 25°29′34″S 131°53′52″E / 25.492807°S 131.897828°E [1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | M. L. Conner |
Geography | |
Location | Petermann, Northern Territory, [1] Australia |
Mount Conner, also known as Artilla or Atila, or tongue-in-cheek as Fooluru, is a mountain located in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Mount Conner is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) southeast of Lake Amadeus, in the locality of Petermann. [1] It lies within the Curtin Springs cattle station in Pitjantjatjara country, [2] close to the site of the Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Dreaming. [3]
Its height reaches 859 metres (2,818 ft) above sea level and 300 metres (984 ft) above ground level. [4]
Mount Conner was named after M. L. Conner by explorer William Gosse in 1873. Its Aboriginal name is "Artilla" or "Attila", believed to be associated with the "terrible ice-man" story. [1]
It is also known by locals as "Fool-uru" or "Fuluru", owing to tourists sometimes confusing it with Uluru. [5] [6]
The sides of Mount Conner are blanketed by scree (talus) and its top is blanketed by colluvium. The base of Mount Conner is surrounded by alluvium. [7] [8] [9]
The summit of Mount Conner, along with the summits of low domes in the Kata Tjuta complex and summit levels of Uluru, is an erosional remnant of a Cretaceous geomorphic surface. It is considered to be a classic example of an inselberg created by erosion of surrounding strata. [10]