# Mount Remarkable
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{{Short description|Mountain in South Australia}}
{{about|the mountain in South Australia|the protected area| Mount Remarkable National Park|the local government area|District Council of Mount Remarkable}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
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| image_caption = The slopes of Mount Remarkable
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'''Mount Remarkable''' is a [mountain](/source/mountain) in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located in the [Flinders Ranges](/source/Flinders_Ranges) about {{convert|250|km}} north of the centre of the capital city of [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) and immediately north-west of the town of [Melrose](/source/Melrose%2C_South_Australia), which was once named Mount Remarkable itself, and which is located at its base.[{{cite web|title= Mount Remarkable National Park Management Plan |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/mt_remarkable_np_mp.pdf |publisher= Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) |date=2006 |accessdate=3 September 2015}}]
The mountain has a height of {{convert|961|m}}.[ It and the adjoining range is described as having “high strike ridges on quartzite” with “lower rounded ridges on shale” and as having a “cover of forest, parkland and some woodland”.][{{cite web |title= Atlas SA – Mt. Remarkable (Environmental Association 3.3.19) |url= http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/192 |publisher= Government of South Australia (GSA) |date= 2007 |accessdate= 3 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150908035958/http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/192 |archive-date= 8 September 2015 |url-status= dead }}] Since 1972, it has been located within the boundaries of the [protected area](/source/protected_area) known as the [Mount Remarkable National Park](/source/Mount_Remarkable_National_Park).[ The mountain's summit can be reached via a walking trail known as the Mount Remarkable Summit Hike which starts in the town of Melrose and which is graded by the national park's managing authority as being a “moderate hike’ of a distance of {{convert|14|km|abbr=on}} and that has a “round” time of five hours.][{{cite web |title= Mount Remarkable National Park brochure |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/parks/mt-remarkable-national-park-bro.pdf |publisher= [Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources](/source/Department_of_Environment%2C_Water_and_Natural_Resources_(South_Australia)) (DEWNR) |date= 2015a |accessdate= 3 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040627/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/parks/mt-remarkable-national-park-bro.pdf |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |url-status= dead }}]
The mountain is reported as being discovered by Colonial Europeans and named by [Edward John Eyre](/source/Edward_John_Eyre) either in 1839 or on 27 June 1840.[{{cite web |title= Search result for Mount Remarkable (record id no SA0040813) |url= http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher= [Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure](/source/Department_of_Planning%2C_Transport_and_Infrastructure) (DPTI) |date= 2013 |accessdate= 2 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date= 12 October 2016 |url-status= dead }}] Eyre is quoted as saying "from the lofty way it towered above the surrounding hills I named it Mount Remarkable."[{{cite web|title= Mt. Remarkable |url= http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/r/r2.htm#remarkableM |publisher=State Library of South Australia |date=2015 |accessdate=3 September 2015}}]
==Snow on the Mount==
Various incidents have occurred when snow has fallen on Mount Remarkable. One of the most notable times recorded was in approximately 1890 when the top half of the Mount was covered in snow.
==Plane Crash==
On the 3rd of July, 1980 a [Piper PA34-200T](/source/Piper_PA-34_Seneca) light aircraft crashed on the mountain. The aircraft was enroute from [Leigh Creek](/source/Leigh_Creek%2C_South_Australia), South Australia to Adelaide, South Australia. Harsh weather conditions caused the aircraft to crash. All three occupants were killed on impact.
==See also==
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*[List of mountains in South Australia](/source/List_of_mountains_in_Australia)
==References==
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