Mount York

Mount York is a 1,061 metres (3,481 ft) mountain in the western Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of Sydney. It is in fact a projection of the Blue Mountains plateau, creating a promontory of the western escarpment with a minor rise at its summit.

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