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Mountain formation occurs due to a variety of geological processes associated with large-scale movements of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates). [1] Folding , faulting , volcanic activity , igneous intrusion and metamorphism can all be parts of the orogenic process of mountain building. [ 2 ]
Australia is a country and an island located in Oceania between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It shares its name with the country that claims control over it. Properly called the Commonwealth of Australia, its territory consists of the entire continent and smaller outlying islands.
Basic geological regions of Australia, by age. The geology of Australia includes virtually all known rock types, spanning a geological time period of over 3.8 billion years, including some of the oldest rocks on earth. Australia is a continent situated on the Indo-Australian plate.
States and Territories of Australia [1] State / Territory Highest point Elevation AHD Notes m ft; Ashmore and Cartier Islands: Cartier Island: 5 16 [2] Australian Antarctic Territory: Dome A: 4,093 13,428 [3] [4] [5] Australian Capital Territory: Bimberi Peak: 1,913 6,276 Christmas Island: Murray Hill: 361 1,184 [6] Cocos (Keeling) Islands ...
The Kosciuszko National Park (/ ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ-ee-USK-oh) [3] is a 6,900-square-kilometre (2,700 sq mi) national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia.
The Victorian Alps, also known locally as the High Country, is a large mountain system in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria.Occupying the majority of eastern Victoria, it is the southwestern half of the Australian Alps (the other half being the Snowy Mountains), the tallest portion of the Great Dividing Range.
Unlike the high mountain ranges found in places like the Rockies (highest peak 4,401 m (14,439 ft)), the European Alps (highest peak 4,808 m (15,774 ft)) or the Himalayas (highest peak 8,848 m (29,029 ft)), the Australian Alps were not formed by two continental plates colliding and pushing up the Earth's rocky mantle to form jagged, rocky peaks.
Mount Zeil (Western Arrernte: Urlatherrke) (1,531 m or 5,023 ft) is a mountain in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Mount Zeil in the western MacDonnell Ranges. [2] [1] It is the highest peak in the Northern Territory, and the highest peak on the Australian mainland west of the Great Dividing Range. [2]