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.
Location and descriptionEdit
Mount Conner is located Template:Convert southeast of Lake Amadeus, in the locality of Petermann.<ref name="NT-placenames"/> It lies within the Curtin Springs cattle station in Pitjantjatjara country,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> close to the site of the Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Dreaming.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Its height reaches Template:Convert above sea level and Template:Convert above ground level.<ref name="EB2011">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
NamesEdit
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.<ref name="NT-placenames"/>
It is also known by locals as "Fool-uru" or "Fuluru", owing to tourists sometimes confusing it with Uluru.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GeologyEdit
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.<ref name="YoungOthers2002a">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.</ref><ref name="YoungOthers2002b">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.</ref><ref name="Edgoose2012a">Edgoose, CJ (2012) The Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Episodes. 35(1):257-263.</ref>
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.<ref name="Twidale2007a">Twidale, C.R. (2007) Ancient Australian Landscapes. Rosenberg Publishing, Kenthurst, New South Wales. 144 pp.</ref>
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