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Blue Mountains topographic map

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Blue Mountains

A sandstone plateau dominated by a landscape of endless eucalyptus forests, the Blue Mountains are located at the top of a 470-million-year-old quartzite. In the Permian period, a shallow sea covered the region, when rivers brought shales, siltstones and mudstones. Then during the Mesozoic period, rivers dumped vast amounts of sand, burying the other sedimentary rocks. By about 1 million years ago during the Pliocene era, the Blue Mountains began to form, carving out deep valleys and steep cliffs, with an elevation of 3,900 feet. Its main distinctive natural feature are the Three Sisters, a formation of triple sandstone peaks scoured by erosion, whose rocks are lit by the glimpse of light at the time of day.

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Name: Blue Mountains topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia (-33.95532 150.12817 -33.17894 150.68710)

Average elevation: 1,857 ft

Minimum elevation: 3 ft

Maximum elevation: 4,432 ft

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