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Lightning Rock - WA

Lightening Rocks

Mountain,Peak,Hill

Position

DEG: -26.0688 127.76134

DMS: 26º 04' 7.68" S 127º 45' 40.81" E

UTM: 52 J 7116108mN 376104mE

Altitude: 489.77m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill

Location

118.71kms East of Warburton
326.93kms West of Kulpitjata
350.55kms SouthWest of Kintore
883.88kms NorthWest of Ceduna

Address & Contact

Central Reserve
Western Australia

Phone: N/A

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Information

First visited by explorer Ernest Giles on 20th November, 1873 and named by him during a subsequent visit on 24th November, 1873 – "as on both our visits the lightning played so vividly around us."
(Ernest Giles, Australia twice traversed, vol.1 page 230 and 232.)

Also visited by Lindsay and the Elder Expedition in 1891, Hubbe Expedition in 1897, Hann in 1906 and 1907, Talbot and Clarke in 1916 and Paine and Barclay in 1931Aboriginal name - "Wati Kadjara"

PlaceID	59482

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts

Closest Climatic Station

Warburton Airfield

Distance from Lightning Rock 117.7km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.0	36.5	33.9	29.3	24.3	20.7	20.7	23.1	27.9	31.6	34.3	36.6
Mean Min. °C	22.9	22.1	19.9	15.1	10.4	6.4	5.7	7.1	11.2	15.5	18.5	21.3
Mean Rain mm	28.5	36.7	31.4	18.0	15.4	17.9	12.9	9.8	5.7	14.8	24.7	31.5