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{{Location map|New South Wales|label=Mount Warning|position=bottom|mark=RedMountain.svg|marksize=16|lat_deg=-28|lat_min=-23|lat_sec=-50|lon_deg=153|lon_min=16|lon_sec=15 |caption=Location in [[New South Wales]]}} |
{{Location map|New South Wales|label=Mount Warning|position=bottom|mark=RedMountain.svg|marksize=16|lat_deg=-28|lat_min=-23|lat_sec=-50|lon_deg=153|lon_min=16|lon_sec=15 |caption=Location in [[New South Wales]]}} |
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'''Mount Warning''', |
'''Mount Warning''', is not '''Wollumbin''' a [[mountain]] {{Convert|14|km|mi|0}} west-south-west of [[Murwillumbah, New South Wales|Murwillumbah]], near the border with [[Queensland]] on the [[North Coast (New South Wales)|North Coast]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref name=gnbmountain>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=SXqwZxsEKW|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Mount Warning |work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=[[Geographical Names Board of New South Wales]]|accessdate=2009-04-07}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=MnqwBKUluj|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Wollumbin|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=[[Geographical Names Board of New South Wales]]|accessdate=2009-04-07}}</ref> Due to Mount Warning's proximity to the Australian continent's easternmost point, [[Cape Byron]], it is the first place on mainland Australia to receive the sun's rays each day.<ref name="discover">{{cite book |title=Discover Australia's National Parks |last=Hema Maps |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1997 |publisher=[[Random House]] Australia |location=[[Milsons Point, New South Wales]] |isbn=1975992472 |pages=142}}</ref> |
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It was on 16 May 1770 that Lieutenant [[James Cook]], seeing the mountain from the sea, named it Mount Warning.<ref name=gnbmountain/><ref name ="Cook"/> The original name Wollumbin, meaning "patriach of mountains" in the locally indigenous [[ |
It was on 16 May 1770 that Lieutenant [[James Cook]], seeing the mountain from the sea, named it Mount Warning.<ref name=gnbmountain/><ref name ="Cook"/> The original name Wollumbin, meaning "patriach of mountains" in the locally indigenous [[Ngarakwal people]]'s language, is the Mountain North of Mt Warning.<ref name=gnbmountain/><ref name=divide>[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/greatdividingrange ''Crossing the Great Dividing Range''] from the Australian Government's Culture and Creation Portal, retrieved [[16 May]] [[2008]]</ref> |
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==Shield volcano== |
==Shield volcano== |
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Mount Warning, is not Wollumbin a mountain 14 kilometres (9 mi) west-south-west of Murwillumbah, near the border with Queensland on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.[1] Due to Mount Warning's proximity to the Australian continent's easternmost point, Cape Byron, it is the first place on mainland Australia to receive the sun's rays each day.[2]
It was on 16 May 1770 that Lieutenant James Cook, seeing the mountain from the sea, named it Mount Warning.[1][3] The original name Wollumbin, meaning "patriach of mountains" in the locally indigenous Ngarakwal people's language, is the Mountain North of Mt Warning.[1][4]
Shield volcano
Mount Warning is the central volcanic remnant of an ancient shield volcano, the Tweed Volcano, which was formerly twice the height of the current mountain. This volcano erupted around 23 million years ago.[5] Today the vast areas that were part of the volcano include many mountains and ranges at some distance from Mount Warning, and include the Border Ranges, Tamborine Mountain, the McPherson Range and both the Lamington Plateau and Springbrook Plateaus. The erosion caldera formed since this eruption is easily visible around the summit and forms the rim of the Tweed Valley.
Origin of present name
On 16 May 1770, Lieutenant James Cook was the first European to record seeing “… a remarkable sharp peaked Mountain lying inland…”[3] from a point of land he named Cape Byron. Just five hours later while sailing North, Cook was forced to change course to the East after encountering the dangerous reefs that run 3 miles to the East from Fingal Head, now named Danger Reefs (comprising of: Inner, South, and Outer reefs).[6]
Next morning Cook recorded:
“…We now saw the breakers [reefs] again within us which we past at the distance of 1 League, they lay in the Lat de of 38°..8' [later changed to 28°..8'] & stretch off East two Leagues from a point under which is a small Island. There situation may always be found by the peaked mountain before mentioned which bears SWBW from them this and on this account I have named Mount Warning it lies 7 or 8 Leagues inland in the latitude of 28°..22" S° the land is high and hilly about it but it is conspicuous enough to be distinguished from everything else. [3] The point off which these shoals lay I have named Point Danger to the northward of it the land which is low trends NWBN but we soon found that it did not keep that direction long before it turnd again to the northward.” [3]
Protected area
The mountain is now protected by the surrounding Mount Warning National Park, and access is regulated by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Mount Warning is part of the United Nations World Heritage listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
Climbing the mountain
The mountain remains a place of cultural and traditional significance to the Bundjalung people and is the site of particular ceremonies and initiation rites[1]. The Bundjalung observe cultural and traditional restrictions forbidding the uninitiated from climbing the mountain, and, as such, generally ask that others also do not attempt to climb the mountain. The government National Parks and Wildlife Service advertise this request and do not encourage climbers, but it is not expressly forbidden by park regulations.
An ascent of the mountain takes approximately 2 to 3½ hours (one way) and requires a good level of fitness. Viewing platforms have been provided at the summit.[2]
Gallery
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Mount Warning seen from Point Danger, Coolangatta. -
View of Byron Bay and surrounding areas from the summit -
On the path to the summit. -
View from Beechmont
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Geographical Names Register Extract: Mount Warning". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-04-07.; "Geographical Names Register Extract: Wollumbin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ a b Hema Maps (1997). Discover Australia's National Parks. Milsons Point, New South Wales: Random House Australia. p. 142. ISBN 1975992472.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d James Cook’s Manuscript Daily Journal for 16 May 1770
- ^ Crossing the Great Dividing Range from the Australian Government's Culture and Creation Portal, retrieved 16 May 2008
- ^ Knesel K. M., Cohen B.E., Vasconcelos P. M., and Thiede D.S. (2008) Rapid change in drift of the Australian plate records collision with Ontong Java Plateau, Nature vol 454, pages 754-757.
- ^ Australian Hydrographic Chart "AUS 813"
External links
- UNESCO World Heritage Listing
- Mount Warning National Park
- Mount Warning National Park information and accommodation guide
- Climbing Mount Warning - a personal account by a local
- Mount Warning Map / Driving Directions
- Peakbagger.com: Mount Warning
