Mount Conner Explained

Mount Conner
Elevation M:	859
Location:	Petermann, Northern Territory, Australia
Coordinates:	-25.4928°N 131.8978°W^[1]
Etymology:	M. L. Conner
Map:	Australia Northern Territory

Mount Conner, also known as Artilla or Atila, or tongue-in-cheek as Fooluru, is a mountain located in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Location and description

Mount Conner is located 75km (47miles) southeast of Lake Amadeus, in the locality of Petermann.^[1] It lies within the Curtin Springs cattle station in Pitjantjatjara country,^[2] close to the site of the Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Dreaming.^[3]

Its height reaches 859m (2,818feet) above sea level and 300m (1,000feet) above ground level.^[4]

Names

Mount Conner was named after M. L. Conner by explorer William Gosse in 1873. Its Aboriginal name is "Artilla" or "Attila", believed to be associated with the "terrible ice-man" story.^[1]

It is also known by locals as "Fool-uru" or "Fuluru", owing to tourists sometimes confusing it with Uluru.^{[5] [6]}

Geology

The sides of Mount Conner are blanketed by scree (talus) and its top is blanketed by colluvium. The base of Mount Conner is surrounded by alluvium.^{[7] [8] [9]}

The summit of Mount Conner, along with the summits of low domes in the Kata Tjuta complex and summit levels of Uluru, is an erosional remnant of a Cretaceous geomorphic surface. It is considered to be a classic example of an inselberg created by erosion of surrounding strata.^[10]

See also

• List of mountains of the Northern Territory

References

Additional sources

• Northern Territory Geological Survey . Ayers Rock Geology Map . 1st . 1967 . 1:250,000 . Sheet SG52-8.
• Northern Territory Geological Survey . Ayers Rock Geology Map . 2nd . 2002 . 1:250,000 . Sheet SG52-8.
• Book: Johnson, David . The Geology of Australia . Cambridge University Press . 2004 . 0-521-84121-6.

Further reading

• Book: Thompson, R B . A Guide to the Geology and Landforms of Central Australia . Northern Territory Geological Survey . Alice Springs . 1995 . 0-7245-2527-0.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for "Mount Conner" . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 14 June 2019.
2. Web site: Central Australia, 1940. SA Memory. 29 October 2009. 19 September 2015. State Library of South Australia.
3. Web site: Seven Sisters Dreaming. 24 March 2014. 19 September 2015.
4. Encyclopedia: Mount Conner . Encyclopædia Britannica Online . . 2011.
5. Web site: Patowary . Kaushik . Mount Conner: The Rock That Fools You . Amusing Planet . 13 June 2016 . 9 April 2023.
6. Web site: Junker . Ute . 2015-03-04 . 'Fool-uru': The rock tourists think is Uluru . 2022-04-14 . Stuff . en.
7. Young, DN, N Duncan, A Camacho, PA Ferenczi, and TLA Madigan (2002a) Ayers Rock, SG 52-8 map, 1:250 000 Geological Series (Second Edition), Northern Territory Geological Survey. scale 1:250 000, Darwin, Northern Territory Geological Survey, Australia.
8. Young, DN, N Duncan, A Camacho, PA Ferenczi, and TLA Madigan (2002b) Ayers Rock, SG 52-8 Explanatory Text, 1:250 000 Geological Series (Second Edition). scale 1:250 000, Darwin, Northern Territory Geological Survey, Australia.
9. Edgoose, CJ (2012) The Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Episodes. 35(1):257-263.
10. [Charles Rowland Twidale|Twidale, C.R.]