Hamersley Range
- Local Government Area
- Ashburton
- Postcode
- 6716
- Population
- 197
- Area
- 7,312.94 km²
- Coordinates
- -22.0918, 116.8441
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Hamersley Range
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration expedition to the northwest. The range is one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth and primarily consists of ancient rock formations, including banded iron formations (BIFs), that are about 2.5 billion years old.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Fortescue (WA) 60 km
- Pannawonica 73 km
- Mount Sheila 92 km
- Nanutarra 93 km
- Millstream (WA) 95 km