Hamersley Range
| Hamersley Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Meharry ( 1250 m ) | |
| location | Western Australia | |
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 53 ′ S , 116 ° 46 ′ E | |
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region in the Pilbara region in the Australian state of Western Australia .
It extends 460 km south from the Fortescue River in the northeast. Western Australia's highest point, the 1250 m high Mount Meharry , lies in the mountain range.
The mountains are characterized by numerous erosion gorges such as the Wittenoom Gorge .
The Karijini National Park (formerly "Hamersley National Park"), one of Australia's largest national parks , extends around the mountains.
The mountain range has rich iron ore deposits and is the main area of iron ore mining in Australia . Mines, mining settlements and railway lines of the major Western Australian mining companies can therefore be found along the mountain range.
literature
- Lloyd Marshall: New iron age in the Hamersleys in the Weekend News , September 3, 1966.
- C. McA Powell et al. (1994): Late Archaean and early Proterozoic tectonics and basin formation of the Hamersley Ranges East Perth, WA Geological Society of Australia (WA Division) "12th Australian Geological Convention, September 1994". Excursion guidebook, 0819-6613; no. 4. ISBN 0-909869-90-1