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 Script error: No such module "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 Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level and Script error: No such module "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] Former schoolteacher Ellis Bankin is thought to have mistaken Mount Conner for Uluru when he was travelling to the latter in 1936. He died and was buried near Mount Conner after suffering from exhaustion.[7]
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.[8][9][10]
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.[11]
See also
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References
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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.
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Additional sources
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Further reading
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