Cronin Hills - WA

  Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Position

DEG: -23.23609 123.37084
DMS: 23º 14' 9.92" S 123º 22' 15.03" E
UTM: 51 K 7430296mN 537938mE
Altitude: 396.63m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Location

366.94kms SouthEast of Nullagine
452.76kms West of Kiwirrkurra
489.08kms NorthEast of Wiluna
530.51kms South of Bidyadanga Community

Address & Contact

Gibson Desert North WA
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
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Information

B.M.R.(1959) approved file 1635/56 vol2 p337 & 346; The Cronin hills are not more than 31m high. They are named after Mr Dan Cronin, a member of Edward Kidsons magnetic survey expedition of 1914 - The expedition carried out magnetic observations along the Canning Stock Route. The group of hills are interspersed between sand ridges to the east of Lake Disappointment.

Cronin also travelled back down the CSR after the expedition with the camels used by Kidson. Cronin was a camelman on William Snell’s 1929 well reconstruction party and a camelman teamster on Canning’s 1930–31 Well reconstruction party.

For more information on the Kidson Expedition see here;Remembering the Kidson Expedition
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Closest Weather Station

Telfer at 29/05:30pm WST
Distance from Cronin Hills 205.98km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
34.5°C32.9°C31%14.9°C1010.2hPa0.0mmSSE17km/hr
9knots
22km/hr
12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Telfer Aero
Distance from Cronin Hills 205.98km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C40.638.637.334.529.125.325.328.432.737.039.440.2
Mean Min. °C26.025.423.920.615.311.910.612.516.520.823.425.4
Mean Rain mm49.1102.777.320.018.914.313.25.42.52.916.546.9

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