Mount Conner

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Mount Conner
Mount Conner from the road to Uluṟu

Mount Conner from the road to Uluṟu

height 859  m
location Northern Territory , Australia
Coordinates 25 ° 29 ′ 57 ″  S , 131 ° 54 ′ 2 ″  E Coordinates: 25 ° 29 ′ 57 ″  S , 131 ° 54 ′ 2 ″  E
Mount Conner (Northern Territory)
Mount Conner
Age of the rock about 700 million years
Outback with Mt. Conner

Mount Conner is a mountain or table mountain in Australia , in the language of the Aborigines it is called Attila or Artilla . It reaches a height of 300 m above the ground or 859  m above sea level. Its age is estimated to be around 700 million years. It was named by William Gosse in 1873 after M. L. Conner, a South Australian politician who supported many of the earliest settlers in Australia. Its name is often wrongly found as Mount Connor .

It is located southeast of Lake Amadeus and 100 km east of Uluṟu in the southwest of the Northern Territory on the area of ​​the Curtin Springs cattle farm . As it is located on private property, it can only be visited as part of a guided tour.

Mount Conner is a flattened, kidney-shaped mountain that extends around 2800 meters long with a maximum width of 1300 meters. Its north flank is sharp-edged from the surrounding outback country, while its south side is furrowed by many weathering channels. Geologically there is no direct connection to the sandstone formation of the nearby Ayers Rock area. However, it is often confused with the Uluṟu as it is visible from the Lasseter Highway , which runs from the Stuart Highway to Uluṟu-Kata-Tjuṯa National Park .

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