Everything about Black Mountain Australian Capital Territory totally explained
Black Mountain is situated close to the central business district of
Australia's capital city
Canberra. Like all major hills in Canberra it's protected from development by the
Canberra Nature Park. It is covered in native bushland and is a haven to native wildlife.
With its peak at 812m
AHD, Black Mountain rises 256m above the water level of
Lake Burley Griffin. Situated at close to the highest point is
Telstra Tower, a broadcasting tower rising a further 195m above the summit.
The
Australian National Botanic Gardens and the
CSIRO share the eastern base of Black Mountain, next to the
Australian National University.
Geology
The bulk of Black Mountain consists of the white quartz Black Mountain
Sandstone. This was deposited in
the late early
Silurian Age. On the south east slopes and north west there are exposures of State Circle
Shale.
The Black Mountain Peninsula contains
mudstone in the north and
greywacke from the
Ordovician age
Pittman Formation in the south.
Geology of the Australian Capital Territory covers more of the geology of the ACT.
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