Gawler Ranges
| Gawler Ranges | ||
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 Basalt columns in the Gawler Ranges |
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| Highest peak | Nukey Bluff ( 457 m ) | |
| location | South Australia | |
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 32 ′ S , 135 ° 22 ′ E | |
| particularities | Gawler Ranges National Park | |
The Gawler Ranges , a mountain landscape of Australia , are located in the Gawler Ranges National Park in South Australia 350 km northwest of Adelaide .
tectonics
It is one of the oldest volcanic landscapes on earth, which, belonging to the Gawler Craton , was created around 1.5 billion years ago. The mountains and valleys extend 160 kilometers east-west in the north of the Eyre Peninsula to south of Lake Gairdner . The highest mountain is Mount Bluff at 475 meters. The mountainous country was discovered in 1839 by Edward John Eyre on his first expedition and named after George Gawler (1795–1869), the second governor of South Australia.
mountains
The highest mountains of the Gawler Range are the Nukey Bluff (457 m), Mount Fairview (452 m), Paney Hill (449 m), Eureka Bluff (431 m), Mount Double (428 m), Scrubby Peak (428 m), Conical Hill (424 m), Polturkinna Hill (409 m), Kododo Hill (402 m), Mount Sturt (392 m) and Mount Center (387 m). The mountains are made of granite and basalt . Some of the basalt deposits are columnar. The landscape is characterized by semi-arid vegetation with scrubland, sand dunes and rocky mountains and with the flora and fauna typical for this. In the east, in the so-called Middleback Ranges , iron ore has been extracted since the early 20th century.
Parks
In the area of the Gawler Ranges is located
- the Gawler Ranges National Park and
- the Pinkawillinie Conservation Park .
In this mountain area are significant Aboriginal cultural sites , the Yantanabie Historic Reserve and the Yardea National Estate , a place with signs of the native Australians on porphyry .
Gawler Kraton
