Hamersley Range

Hamersley Range

The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara, Western Australia. The range runs from the Fortescue River in the northeast, 460km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry, which reaches approximately 1,249 m AHD. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge.

Karijini National Park (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest National Parks, is centred in the range.

The range contains large deposits of iron ore, the source of a large proportion of Australia's iron ore. Western Australia's major iron producers have mines, communities and railways that occur along the range.

Further reading

* Marshall, Lloyd (1966) "New iron age in the Hamersleys" in the "Weekend News", Sept. 3, 1966.
* Powell, C. McA et al (1994) "Late Archaean and early Proterozoic tectonics and basin formation of the Hamersley Ranges" East Perth, W.A. Geological Society of Australia (W.A. Division) "12th Australian Geological Convention, September 1994". Excursion guidebook, 0819-6613 ; no. 4. ISBN 0909869901.


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