Mount Brown (South Australia)

This article is about the mountain in South Australia. For the associated protected area, see Mount Brown Conservation Park. For other uses, see Mount Brown.
Mount Brown
Highest point
Elevation 964[1] m (3,163 ft)
Coordinates 32°30′22.53″S 138°0′28.44″E / 32.5062583°S 138.0079000°E / -32.5062583; 138.0079000Coordinates: 32°30′22.53″S 138°0′28.44″E / 32.5062583°S 138.0079000°E / -32.5062583; 138.0079000
Geography
Location South Australia, Australia
Parent range Flinders Ranges

Mount Brown is a mountain in South Australia located in the Flinders Ranges about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Port Augusta.[2] The mountain was named by the British navigator Matthew Flinders on 9 March 1802 after the Scottish botanist, Robert Brown, who was a member of HMS Investigator’s scientific team.[1] Brown along with others from HMS Investigator including Ferdinand Bauer and William Westall climbed the mountain on 10 and 11 March 1802.[2] The mountain has a height of 964 metres (3,163 ft).[1] Since 1993, it has been located within the boundaries of the protected area known as the Mount Brown Conservation Park.[2] The mountain’s summit can be reached via a walking trail known as the Mount Brown Summit Hike which starts near the entrance of the conservation park to the north of the summit, which is graded by the national park’s managing authority as being a “moderate hike’ and consists of a loop which allows two choices of route - one being a distance of 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) with a return time of 6 hours and other being a distance of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a return time of 7.5 hours. The western side of the loop is part of the long distance walking trail, the Heysen Trail, which continues throughout the conservation park from the south to its trailhead at Parachilna Gorge.[3]

See also

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 DPTI, 2013
  2. 1 2 3 DEHAA, 1999, page 5
  3. DENR, 2010

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, September 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.