Bang Bang Jump Up is a solitary
jump up in
Stokes,
Shire of Carpentaria
The Shire of Carpentaria is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia on the Gulf of Carpentaria, for which it is named.
Geography
The Shire of Carpentaria covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity sinc ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
Geography
Bang Bang Jump Up is 106 km southwest of
Normanton on the
Burke Developmental Road
The Burke Developmental Road is a Queensland (Australia) developmental road. It links Cloncurry and Normanton in a south–north direction, then turns to the north-east north of Normanton for before turning south-east till Dimbulah, where it ...
, where the terrain rises abruptly from 20 metres above sea level to 50 metres above sea level after many kilometres of flat terrain.
This jump up is noted because it is one of the few elevated areas located in the middle of an expansive flat grassland.
The unusual name for the hill has landed it on a number of lists for interesting or unusual place names. The name is presumably derived from the nearby Bang Bang Homestead and/or Bang Bang Waterhole.
References
External links
Map of Bang Bang Jump Up
North West Queensland
Shire of Carpentaria
Mountains of Queensland
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