The Belmore Falls is a
plunge waterfall
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Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...
with three drops on the Barrengarry Creek in the
Southern Highlands and
Illawarra regions of
New South Wales,
Australia
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.
Location and features
Located approximately south of the town of , the falls descend from the
Illawarra escarpment at an elevation of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
into the northern end of
Kangaroo Valley
Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven. It is also the name of the small suburb within it, formerly known as Osbor ...
within the
Morton National Park. Descending over three drops, the waterfalls range in height between and are best viewed from the Hindmarsh Lookout, accessible via a short walk from a road heading south east from
Burrawang.
The falls were named after
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, (9 April 1835 – 6 April 1913), styled as Viscount Corry from 1841 to 1845, was an Irish nobleman and Conservative politician who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1868 to 1872.
Backgro ...
the then-
Governor of New South Wales
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.
See also
*
List of waterfalls of New South Wales
References
Waterfalls of New South Wales
Southern Highlands (New South Wales)
Illawarra escarpment
Plunge waterfalls
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