Karijini National Park - Hamersley Range
Australia / Hamersley Range, Western Australia
Location ID: #10083153
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara, Western Australia. The range runs from the Fortescue River in the northeast, 460 km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry, which reaches approximately 1,249 metres AHD. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge. The twenty highest peaks in Western Australia are in the Hamersley Range. Geologically, they are some of the most ancient regions of the earth's crust known as the Pilbara craton.
Karijini National Park is a 2 hour drive north of Newman or 3.5 hour drive south of Port Headland. Newman and Port Headland are both accessible via air from Perth, an approximately 2 hour flight north.
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