Mount Greenly, South Australia
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Mount Greenly (dual name: Millapa) is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
in Australia located in the 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 ...
on the
Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named aft ...
in the gazetted locality of Coulta. The top of Mount Greenly is above
sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
. Mount Greenly is a privately owned heritage listed land.


Geography

The terrain around Mount Greenly is flat. The
Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is regarded as the second-small ...
is near Mount Greenly to the west. The area around Mount Greenly is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer. The area around Mount Greenly is well vegetated with mallee trees. The climate in the area is temperate. The annual average temperature in the funnel is 16
°C The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius scale (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the Kelvin scale. The ...
. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is 25 °C, and the coldest is June, at 8 °C. The average annual average is 566 millimeters. The rainy month is June, with an average of 139 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 15 mm rainfall.”NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)”


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