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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 AHD. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge. The twenty highest peaks in Western Australia are in the Hamersley Range.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Landgate - Interesting facts about Western Australia )〕 Geologically, they are some of the most ancient regions of the earth's crust known as the Pilbara craton. Some of the Peaks found in the range include Mount Bruce (), Mount Nameless (), Mount Reeder Nichols (), Mount Samson (), Mount Truchanas () and Mount Tom Price ().〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Mount Tom Price )〕 Karijini National Park (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest National Parks, is centred in the range. The range contains large deposits of iron ore, the source of a large proportion of Australia's iron ore. It is predominately in the ''Banded Iron Formation'' (BIF) - also known as the ''Brockman iron formation''.〔MacLeod, W. N. (1966) (The geology and iron deposits of the Hamersley Range area. Bulletin ) (Geological Survey of Western Australia), No. 117〕 Western Australia's major iron producers have mines, communities and railways that occur along the range 〔(Iron fact sheet - Australian Resources and Deposits ) Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 Rio Tinto operates several iron ore mines within the range including Mt. Tom Price, Marandoo, Brockman, Channar, West Angelas, Mesa A mine, and Paraburdoo. Over 100 million tonnes of iron ore is removed from the range every year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rio Tinto Iron Ore - Mining )〕 In 1999 a small range within the Hamersley was named the Hancock Range after the Hancock family who were pioneers in the area. The Hancock range is east of Karijini National Park in a region of broad valleys and peaks that rise to almost . The Hancock Range is close to Mulga Downs Station, a property owned by the Hancock family and where Lang Hancock is buried. The traditional owners of the area that the range runs through are the ''Yindjibarndi'' peoples.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database )〕 ==See also== * Karijini National Park * Ophthalmia Range 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hamersley Range」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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