Gregory Range

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Location of the Gregory Range in Queensland
Highest point
Peakunnamed peak,in the Blackbraes National Park
Elevation 1,043 m (3,422 ft)  [1]
AHD  
Dimensions
Length400 km (250 mi)east–west
Naming
Etymology In honour of Sir Augustus Gregory
Geography
CountryAustralia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland
Rivers Norman, Carron, Clara and Yappar
Range coordinates 19°00′S143°12′E / 19.000°S 143.200°E / -19.000; 143.200 Coordinates: 19°00′S143°12′E / 19.000°S 143.200°E / -19.000; 143.200
Parent range Great Dividing Range
Geology
Age of rock
Type of rock

The Gregory Range is a mountain range located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Location and features

Part of the Great Dividing Range, [2] the Gregory Range lies southeast of Croydon and southwest of Georgetown. [3] [4] [5]

The range is located in an area of ephemeral watercourses and stony sandstone ridges lightly vegetated with Eucalyptus miniata, acacia and spinifex on the ridge tops. Further down the ridges areas of paperbark are found. [6] The range extends approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) in an east–west direction. [2] The southern portion forms an undulating sandstone and basalt plateau. The sandstone is of the Jurassic age (180-160 million years) while the basalt and granite dates from the Mesoproterozoic age (1.6 - 1.0 billion years). This portion is covered in open forest of Bloodwood, wattle, eucalypts and spear grass. The Stawall River flows south from the range and is a tributary of the Flinders River. [1]

The Norman River and three of its tributaries the Carron, Clara and Yappar Rivers, also have their headwaters in the range. The flow from these rivers is westward into the Gulf of Carpentaria [7] The Gilbert and Robertson Rivers also have there headwaters in the range but flow northward. [6] The highest point is in the southern half of the range with an elevation of 1,043 metres (3,422 ft) and is found within the Blackbraes National Park. [1]

The first European to travel through the area was the explorer Augustus Charles Gregory in 1855 or 1856 [1] as part of his expedition from Port Essington to Brisbane. The range was named by the explorer John McKinlay in 1862 while on an expedition from Adelaide, which he left from in 1861, in search of the lost Burke and Wills expedition. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "20°S 144°E Maiden Springs – Queensland by Degrees". Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Queensland". Centre for the Government of Queensland. 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Map of Gregory Range (1), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Map of Gregory Range (2), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Map of Gregory Range (3), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 "19°S 143°E Gregory Range – Queensland by Degrees". Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gulf Country, Queensland". Centre for the Government of Queensland. 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Jack, Robert Logan (1 June 2013). "Northmost Australia, Volume I". Project Gutenberg of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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