Mount Remarkable

{{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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Mount Remarkable is a mountain in South Australia located in the Flinders Ranges about {{convert|250|km}} north of the centre of the capital city of Adelaide and immediately north-west of the town of Melrose, 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 known as the 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 (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 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 (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}}