Glenugie Peak | |
Mountain | |
Glenugie Peak with Eastern Grey Kangaroos (at bottom left)
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Country | Australia |
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State | New South Wales |
Region | Northern Rivers |
City | Grafton |
River | Coldstream River |
Highest point | |
- elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) |
Biome | eucalyptus forest & dry rainforest |
Geology | Dolerite |
Period | tertiary |
Plant | |
Animal | Eastern Grey Kangaroo |
Glenugie Peak also known as Mount Elaine is situated near the Pacific Highway, south of the town of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.
It is a dolerite peak[1] from the Tertiary period extruded from the Grafton Formation. The Grafton Formation is a series of sedimentary rocks, laid down between the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
Glenugie Peak is noted by botanists for the dry rainforest in a gully including rare species of trees. And the Yellow Box, which is more often associated with areas west of the Great Dividing Range.[2] Average annual rainfall is 1138 mm.[3]