Murphy's Haystacks

Formations. The overhanging dome is approximately 8 metres high.

Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations located at Mortana, between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.[1] They obtained their name because a traveller in a coach saw the formation in the distance. He asked how a farmer could produce so much hay. As the farm was on a property owned by a man called Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy's Haystacks.[2][3]

The site is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[4]

The reverse side of the Haystacks

References

  1. ↑ "Murphy's Haystacks". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Murphys Haystacks in SA". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Murphy's Haystacks, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia". Steve Wade. 2002. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Murphy's Haystacks Geological Site". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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Coordinates: 33°00′54.7″S 134°29′19.67″E / 33.015194°S 134.4887972°E / -33.015194; 134.4887972

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