Mount Conner : From a distance . . .
Mount Conner, also known as Attila and Artilla, is a mountain located in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia, 75 km southeast of Lake Amadeus and 90 km east southeast of Uluru. Mount Conner reaches 859 metres above sea level and to 300 metres above ground level. Mt Conner is situated on a vast, fully operational, privately owned cattle station called Curtin Springs Station.
Mount Conner is a flat-topped and horseshoe-shaped inselberg, part of the same vast rocky substrate thought to be beneath Uluru/Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuta/Olgas.
It can easily be confused with Uluru, since it can be seen from the road to Uluru and Kata Tjuta, when approaching from Alice Springs.
It was named Mount Conner by William Gosse in 1873 after South Australian politician M. L. Conner. (sourced form en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Conner)
The conglomerate and quartzite formation measures 2 miles (3 km) by 0.75 mile (1.2 km), with sandstone and limestone ridges extending for 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from the base. The region’s Aborigines, who call the mountain Artilla, believe it to be the home of icemen who create cold weather. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
This was captured on board a AAT Kings coach while travelling at 100 km/hr. The sun happened to be above and just behind me, so the reflections on the window was minimal.
Mount Conner : From a distance . . .
Mount Conner, also known as Attila and Artilla, is a mountain located in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia, 75 km southeast of Lake Amadeus and 90 km east southeast of Uluru. Mount Conner reaches 859 metres above sea level and to 300 metres above ground level. Mt Conner is situated on a vast, fully operational, privately owned cattle station called Curtin Springs Station.
Mount Conner is a flat-topped and horseshoe-shaped inselberg, part of the same vast rocky substrate thought to be beneath Uluru/Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuta/Olgas.
It can easily be confused with Uluru, since it can be seen from the road to Uluru and Kata Tjuta, when approaching from Alice Springs.
It was named Mount Conner by William Gosse in 1873 after South Australian politician M. L. Conner. (sourced form en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Conner)
The conglomerate and quartzite formation measures 2 miles (3 km) by 0.75 mile (1.2 km), with sandstone and limestone ridges extending for 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from the base. The region’s Aborigines, who call the mountain Artilla, believe it to be the home of icemen who create cold weather. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
This was captured on board a AAT Kings coach while travelling at 100 km/hr. The sun happened to be above and just behind me, so the reflections on the window was minimal.