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Encyclopedia > Black Mountain National Park

Black Mountain is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1539 km northwest of Brisbane. Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Brisbane by night Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ...


The main attracion of the site is a mountain of black granite boulders 1 km high. The spaces between the boulders are often very large, many of which lead to caves. The caves are filled with bats and a number of people have disappeared while exploring the caves.


Only one person is known to have explored the caves and found a way out. He described hellish network of caves and said that he would not go back for a king's ransom.


Fact sheet

  • Area: 9 km²
  • Coordinates: 15° 40′ 05″ S 145° 13′ 55″ E
  • Date of establishment: 1967
  • Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
  • IUCN category: II

See also: Protected areas of Queensland (Australia) This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Queensland is the second largest mainland state in Australia. ...



 

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