Mount Narryer is a mountain in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
It is located about north of
Yalgoo and north east of
Kalbarri in the
Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
region of
Western Australia
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. Situated along the
Murchison River, the mountain is surrounded by
mulga scrubland.
The mountain itself is a fin shaped rocky outcrop long and wide, and juts out from the red sandy desert floor.
Mount Narryer is within the boundaries of
Mount Narryer Station
Mount Narryer or Mount Narryer Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station and had previously operated as a sheep station.
Description
It is located about north of Yalgoo and north east of Kalbarri in the Mid West region ...
, which was established in about 1880.
Tiny fragments of
zircon
Zircon () is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV) silicate, and its corresponding chemical formula is Zr SiO4. An empirical formula showing some of the r ...
collected from Mount Narryer and the nearby Jack Hills have been dated at over four billion years old.
See also
*
List of ranches and stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
West Africa
*Obudu Cattle Ranch
* SO ...
References
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Shire of Murchison
Narryer