NATIONAL WILDERNESS RED INDEX

Published by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. 30/09/94
Level 2, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000.
Ph (02) 9261 2400; Fax (02) 9261 2144.

Name:

MOUNT WALL

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size
For size and tenure information contact the Colong Foundation.

DESCRIPTION

The geology of the Mount Wall area is similar to that of teh West Hamersley
Range, with Precambrian basalts, acid intrusives and sedimentary rocks present.
The Mount Wall area is an upland area with elevations rising to over 900 metres
above sea level. [1]

Vegetation is dominated by an open woodland of eucalypts or mulga (Acacia
aneura), often with a spinifex understorey. [2]

Fauna of the area is thought to be representative of the Pilbara region. [3]

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

MINING
Vacant Crown Land within the area is subject ot mining exploration titles. [4]

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
Prineas, P., Lembit, R., Fisher, N., 1986, "Australia's Wilderness An
Inventory".

2
Prineas, 1986.

3
Prineas, 1986.

4
Prineas, 1986.

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