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Mount Royal Range

Mountain range in New South Wales, Australia

The Mount Royal Range is a mountain range in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

This article is about the mountain range in New South Wales. For the mountain in New South Wales, see Mount Royal (New South Wales). For the national park in New South Wales, see Mount Royal National Park.

For other uses, see Mount Royal (disambiguation).

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Mount Royal
Mount Royal photographed from Mount Cabrebald, Barrington Tops National Park.
Highest point
Peak	Brumlow Tops
Elevation	1,586 m (5,203 ft)
Dimensions
Length	95 km (59 mi) S
Geography
Location of the range in New South Wales.
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Hunter
Range coordinates	31°50′S 151°29′E
Parent range	Great Dividing Range

Location and features

The Mount Royal Range is a spur on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. It diverges from the Liverpool Range at a point north of Scone, New South Wales, near Ben Halls Gap. The range generally extends to the southeast for about 45 kilometres (28 mi) and then generally to the south southwest for about 50 kilometres (31 mi) to Mount Royal.^[1] The range generally forms the divide between the Hunter River and Manning River drainage basins, both of which drain to the Tasman Sea.

The range contains a number of prominent peaks including:^[2]

Brumlow Tops with an elevation of 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) AHD
Mount Polblue with an elevation of 1,575 metres (5,167 ft) AHD ^[3]
Mount Barrington with an elevation of 1,555 metres (5,102 ft) AHD
Mount Royal with an elevation of 1,185 metres (3,888 ft) AHD
Mount Allyn with an elevation of 1,125 metres (3,691 ft) AHD
Prospero with an elevation of 1,189 metres (3,901 ft) AHD
Gulph Mountain
Gog and Magog
The Pinnacle
Paddys Ridge
Mount William
Mount Paterson
Mount Toonumbue
the Belgrave Pinnacle
Mirannie Mountain
Mount George
Hudsons Peak
Mount Johnstone

Etymology

The range is named after Mount Royal, one of its prominent peaks.

Water storage

To provide water for the Bayswater Power Station, the Barnard River Scheme was constructed in the 1980s so water could be transported over the range into the Hunter River.

Geology

The Mount Royal range forms the northern rim of the Hunter Region. The Barrington Tops, an elevated plateau at the headwaters of the Barrington River, are part of the Mount Royal Range. The World Heritage listed Barrington Tops National Park includes this area.

Gallery

Mount Royal - eucalyptus forest
Mount Royal - eucalyptus forest
Mount Royal, basalt at 1100 metres
Mount Royal - cloud forest, moss & ferns
Mount Royal - cloud forest, basalt & ferns
Mount Royal, cloud forest, basalt, ferns & moss
Mount Royal, cloud forest, Hill water gum rainforest at summit
Snow Gums at Brumlow Tops summit, elevation 1586 metres, the highest point in northern New South Wales

References

[1]
"Mount Royal Range". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
[2]
"Mountain systems of Australia". Australian Bureau of Statistics:Year Book Australia, 1909. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
[3]
"Barrington Tops World Heritage Area". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.

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