Mount Conner
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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.
| Mount Conner | |
|---|---|
 Mount Conner seen from the road to Uluru / Ayers Rock | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 859 m (2,818 ft)AHD |
| Coordinates | 25°29′34″S 131°53′52″E[1] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | M. L. Conner |
| Geography | |
 Mount Conner Location in the Northern Territory | |
| Location | Petermann, Northern Territory,[1] Australia |
Location and description
Mount Conner is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) 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 859 metres (2,818 ft) above sea level and 300 metres (984 ft) 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]
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