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{{Short description|Scarp east of Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Darling Scarp | other_name = {{lang |nys |Katta Moorda}} | photo = Darling Scarp from Sullivan Rock.jpeg | photo_alt = | photo_caption = Darling Scarp as viewed from Sullivan Rock (September 2022) | country_type = <!-- Alternative label for country eg use "Continent" for ranges in Antarctica --> | country = Australia | country1 = | country2 = | region_type = State | region = Western Australia | region1 = | border = | border1 = | biome = | topo_map = | topo_maker = <!-- Highest point --> | highest = [[Mount Cooke]] | highest_location = | elevation_m = 582 | elevation_system = {{AHD}} | elevation_note = | coordinates = {{coord |qid=Q6920235 |region:AU-WA_type:mountain_dim:1000 |name={{wikidata |property |eid=Q6920235 |P1448 }} |display=inline |format=dec}} | coordinates_note = <!-- Range --> | length_km = 345 | width_km = | area_km2 = | length_orientation = north-south | width_orientation = east-west | length_note = | width_note = | area_note = | parent = | range_coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:mountain_dim:{{wikidata |property |qualifier |raw |P625 |P2386 |format=%q}} |display=inline,title |format=dec}}{{EditAtWikidata|pid=P625}} | formed_by = [[Darling Fault]] | geology = | period = [[Cenozoic]] | orogeny = <!-- Locator map; takes coordinates from "highest point" (and perhaps "range"; need to experiment and then correct this comment) --> | map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_relief = }} The '''Darling Scarp''' ({{langx|nys|Katta Moorda}}),<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Kattamorda Heritage Trail |year=2025 |website=Kattamorda Heritage Trail |url=https://kattamorda.org/history.html |access-date=2024-04-01 }}</ref> also referred to as the '''Darling Range''' or '''Darling Ranges''', is a low [[escarpment]] running north–south to the east of the [[Swan Coastal Plain]] and [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]]. The escarpment extends generally north of [[Bindoon, Western Australia|Bindoon]], to the south of [[Pemberton, Western Australia|Pemberton]]. The adjacent Darling Plateau goes easterly to include Mount Bakewell near [[York, Western Australia|York]] and Mount Saddleback near [[Boddington, Western Australia|Boddington]]. It was named after the [[Governor of New South Wales]], Lieutenant-General [[Ralph Darling]].
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