Mount Conner
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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.
Location and description
Mount Conner is located Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert above sea level and Template:Convert above ground level.[4]
Names
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]
Geology
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]
See also
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References
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Further reading
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- ↑ Young, DN, N Duncan, A Camacho, PA Ferenczi, and TLA Madigan (2002a) Ayers Rock, SG 52-8 map, 1:250 000 Geological Series (Second Edition), Northern Territory Geological Survey. scale 1:250 000, Darwin, Northern Territory Geological Survey, Australia.
- ↑ Young, DN, N Duncan, A Camacho, PA Ferenczi, and TLA Madigan (2002b) Ayers Rock, SG 52-8 Explanatory Text, 1:250 000 Geological Series (Second Edition). scale 1:250 000, Darwin, Northern Territory Geological Survey, Australia.
- ↑ Edgoose, CJ (2012) The Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Episodes. 35(1):257-263.
- ↑ Twidale, C.R. (2007) Ancient Australian Landscapes. Rosenberg Publishing, Kenthurst, New South Wales. 144 pp.