Peak range
| Peak range | ||
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| Highest peak | Browns Peak ( 807 m ) | |
| location | Queensland | |
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 43 ′ S , 148 ° 4 ′ E | |
| Type | Volcanic field | |
| Age of the rock | 27 to 35 million years | |
| surface | 2,500 km² | |
The Peak Range , also known as Peak Range Volcano or regionally The Peaks , is a mountain range that extends over 100 kilometers in central Queensland in Australia . It is about 45 kilometers from Clermont .
Discovery story
In February 1845 the Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt discovered and named the Peak Range on his first expedition to Australia in the years 1844 to 1845. He named the Gilbert Cathedral after the naturalist John Gilbert . He named Brown Peak after the Aboriginal Harry Brown and Charley Mountain after the Aboriginal Charley Fisher, both members of the expedition. He named Ropers Peak after expedition member John Roper , Calvert Peak after James Calvert and Mount Phillip after convict William Phillips, another member of the expedition.
Leichhardt named other mountains for his sponsorship Helenus Scott ( Scott Peak ), William Macarthur ( Mount Macarthur ), Edward Lord ( Lord Table Mountain ), John Fletcher ( Fletcher Awl ) and John Campbell ( Mount Campbell ).
landscape
It is a mountain range that was formed by volcanism and extends over an area of 2500 square kilometers, which also includes flat volcanic areas. The Peak Range was formed by volcanic eruptions 27 to 35 million years ago. Today the volcanoes are extinguished.
The highest point is Browns Peak, which rises to 807 meters. The Anvil Peak and Malvern Hill and other notable mountains of this mountain range.
The Peak Range National Park extends over large parts of the mountain range.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alec Hugh Chisholm : Strange New World. The Adventure of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichhardt . S. 137. Second revised and illustrated edition 1955. Sydney. London. Melbourne. Wellington. (English)
- ↑ volcanolive.com : John Search: Peak Range Volcano , in English, accessed May 16, 2013