Mount Ainslie
| Mount Ainslie | ||
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 Mount Ainslie as seen from the south side of Lake Burley Griffin , with the Australian War Memorial and the ANZAC Parade in the center |
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| height | 843 m | |
| location | Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , Australia | |
| Notch height | 163 m | |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 16 '12 " S , 149 ° 9' 29" E | |
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| Type | Extinct volcano | |
| rock | Dacite , ignimbrite | |
| Age of the rock | Silurian | |
| Development | Street | |
The Mount Ainslie is a 843 meter high hill in Australia . It is located on the territory of the capital Canberra and is part of the Canberra Natural Park . It is named after James Ainslie, a Scottish settler in the first half of the 19th century who owned a large piece of land in what is now North Canberra .
description
Geologically speaking, Mount Ainslie is an extinct volcano from the Silurian Age around 425 million years ago. It consists mainly of dacite and ignimbrite as well as smaller amounts of pyroclastic sediments and slate . The summit lookout is one of the most popular in Canberra and offers a 360 ° panorama of the city, the rural part of the Australian Capital Territory and much of New South Wales . According to a 1922 newspaper article "This view provides an ever-changing Vogelperspektiv- and panoramic view of the buildings and beautiful places of the city and the lovely layers that join the north by the Yass level." At the top is a rotating lighting system for the Air transport to Canberra Airport .
Mount Ainslie is accessible by road and hiking trails. The most popular hiking trail leads from the back of the Australian War Memorial up to the summit. Several plaques along the way commemorate the battles on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea during World War II . There is a quarry about 200 meters from the summit.
The summit marks the northernmost point of a land axis planned by Walter Burley Griffin , which extends through the boroughs of North Canberra and South Canberra . The Australian War Memorial and both parliament buildings lie along this axis.
Web links
- Map of Mount Ainslie (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Daley: Canberra . University of New South Wales Press, Sydney 2012, ISBN 978-1-74224-121-0 .
- ↑ Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve. In: Canberra Nature Park. Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Mount Ainslie lookout features in new Qantas safety video. The Canberra Times , January 30, 2017, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Canberra: Its early days romance. How Mt. Ainslie got its name. In: The Mercury. National Library of Australia , October 18, 1922, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Tom McIlroy: Mt Ainslie walking track to see closures during upgrades. The Canberra Times, April 7, 2016, accessed February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ The Mount Ainslie Summit Track - Kokoda Memorial Trail. Weekend Notes, March 1, 2017, accessed February 24, 2020 .