Mount superbus
| Mount superbus | ||
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| height | 1375 m | |
| location | Queensland , Australia | |
| Mountains | Main Range | |
| Coordinates | 28 ° 12 '59 " S , 152 ° 27' 59" O | |
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| rock | Volcanite | |
The Mount Superbus in Australia Main Range -Gebirge is the highest mountain in South East Queensland . It is 1,375 m high and is located in the Main Range National Park near Brisbane .
In Queensland it is the third highest mountain after Mount Bartle Frere ( 1622 m ) and Mount Bellenden Ker ( 1593 m ). The Condamine River flows in the valley on the west side of the mountain . The tip is the remainder of a shield volcano that was active over 22 million years ago.
One attraction for hikers is the wreckage of an Avro Lincoln plane that crashed on the south side of the mountain on April 9, 1955. All six inmates were killed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Main Range, Goomburra, Queen Mary Falls ( Memento from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Neville Stevens and Warwick Willmott: The Main Range ( English , pdf; 308 kB) In: Rocks and Landscape Notes . Geological Society of Australia . Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Finley: Mercy Flight to Disaster - Lincoln A73-64 ( English , PDF; 145 kB) In: www.adf-serials.com . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
