Mount Finke is a
monadnock in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
located in the gazetted locality of
Yellabinna about north of
Ceduna.
[
In 1999, it was described as follows:]It is about 5km long with an elevation of 369 m AHD, it stands about 270m above the surrounding landscape. Mt Finke is an isolated block of steeply dipping quartzite believed to be part of a landform dating back some 250 Ma.
It was named by John McDouall Stuart, the British explorer, on 7 August 1858 after William Finke
William Finke (1814 or 1815 – 17 January 1864) was a prospector and pastoralist in South Australia, remembered as a sponsor of John McDouall Stuart's exploratory journeys, along with the Chambers brothers.
History
Finke, who may have been bo ...
who was a friend "associated with mining & pastoral activities."[
It has a locally diverse flora and fauna, including 266 plant species.][ The open shrubland occurs on thin soils over ]quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tec ...
with the most common species including Victoria Spring Mallee ('' Eucalyptus trivialis''), Mulga ('' Acacia aneura''), Ooldea Mallee ('' Eucalyptus youngiana'') and Porcupine Grass ('' Triodia irritans).''[ '' Grevillea treueriana'' is endemic to the Mount Finke area.][ Fauna species include the Euro ('']Macropus robustus
The common wallaroo (''Osphranter robustus''), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo, is a species of macropod. The word ''euro'' is particularly applied to one subspecies (''O. r. erubescens'').WE Poole and JC Merchant (198 ...
''), Little Rock Dragon ('' Ctenophorus fionii'') and Little Wood Swallow ('' Artamus minor'').Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area
Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Yellabinna about north of the town of Ceduna.
The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the ...
which was originally part of the Yellabinna Regional Reserve
The Yellabinna Regional Reserve is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of Ceduna. To the west it borders Nullarbor Regional Reserve, to the south Yumbarra Conservation Park and Pureba Conservati ...
.
References
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