Glenugie Peak Explained

Glenugie Peak
Other Name:Mount Elaine
Glen Ugie Peak
Photo Size:250
Map:Australia New South Wales
Map Relief:1
Map Size:250
Location:Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia
Label Position:left
Elevation M:316
Coordinates:-29.8333°N 153.0633°W
Type:Dolerite
Age:Cenozoic

Glenugie Peak, also known as Mount Elaine or as Glen Ugie Peak, is a mountain that forms part of the ridge surrounding the Clarence Moreton Basin. It is situated in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and has an elevation of above sea level. The mountain is located near the Pacific Highway, south of the town of and approximately west north-west of the locality of Calamia.

Glenugie Peak is known as Gunayjun to the local Gumbaynggirr people.[1]

Features and location

Glenugie peak is composed mainly of Cenozoic-aged dolerite[2] The Dolerites of Glenugie Peak were extruded from the Grafton Formation. The Grafton Formation is a series of sedimentary rocks, laid down between the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

Glenugie Peak is noted by Matthew Norman for its dry rainforest in a gully which includes a number of rare species of trees, as well as the Yellow Box, which is more often associated with areas west of the Great Dividing Range.[3] Average annual rainfall is .[2]

Stone quarried from the slopes of Glenugie peak was used as ballast for the North Coast railway line and remnants of the tramway used to transport the rock can still be seen today.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gumbaynggirr Language. 5 February 2016. 15 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315033123/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/education/2010GumbaynggirrLanguageDatabase.pdf. live.
  2. Book: Floyd, A. G.. Alexander Floyd. Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. 1989. 0-909605-57-2. 76.
  3. Web site: Secrets of a Basalt Hill. NSW Department of Industry and Investment. 2010-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110321223933/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/bush-telegraph-magazine/winter-2007/secrets-of-basalt-hill. 2011-03-21. dead.
  4. Web site: 29 Mar 1913 - GLENUGIE QUARRY. - Trove . Nla.gov.au . 1913-03-29 . 2016-02-25.