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The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara
Pilbara region of Western Australia

The Pilbara is a regions of Western Australia in the north of Western Australia. It is one of nine regions of the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, and is also a region under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ....
, Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. The range runs from the Fortescue River
Fortescue River

The Fortescue River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30km South of Newman, Western Australia....
 in the northeast, 460km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry
Mount Meharry

Mount Meharry is the highest mountain in Western Australia. It is located within the southeastern part of Karijini National Park of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately from Wittenoom, Western Australia, and from Tom Price, Western Australia....
, which reaches approximately 1,249 m AHD
Australian Height Datum

The Australian Height Datum is a geodetic datum for altitude measurement in Australia. According to Geoscience Australia, "In 1971 the mean sea level for 1966-1968 was assigned the value of zero on the Australian Height Datum at thirty tide gauges around the coast of the Australian continent....
. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge.

Karijini National Park
Karijini National Park

Karijini National Park is a National Park centred in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara region of Western Australia in northwestern Western Australia ....
 (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest National Park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s, is centred in the range.

The range contains large deposits of iron ore, the source of a large proportion of Australia's iron ore.






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The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara
Pilbara region of Western Australia

The Pilbara is a regions of Western Australia in the north of Western Australia. It is one of nine regions of the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, and is also a region under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ....
, Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. The range runs from the Fortescue River
Fortescue River

The Fortescue River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30km South of Newman, Western Australia....
 in the northeast, 460km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry
Mount Meharry

Mount Meharry is the highest mountain in Western Australia. It is located within the southeastern part of Karijini National Park of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately from Wittenoom, Western Australia, and from Tom Price, Western Australia....
, which reaches approximately 1,249 m AHD
Australian Height Datum

The Australian Height Datum is a geodetic datum for altitude measurement in Australia. According to Geoscience Australia, "In 1971 the mean sea level for 1966-1968 was assigned the value of zero on the Australian Height Datum at thirty tide gauges around the coast of the Australian continent....
. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge.

Karijini National Park
Karijini National Park

Karijini National Park is a National Park centred in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara region of Western Australia in northwestern Western Australia ....
 (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest National Park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s, 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.