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{{Short description|Mountain in Australia}}
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| location          = [[Yellabinna, South Australia]], [[Australia]]<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Mount Finke (Mountain)" (Record no. SA0023969) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Mount Finke''' is a [[monadnock]] in the [[Australian state]] of [[South Australia]], located in the gazetted locality of [[Yellabinna, South Australia|Yellabinna]] about {{convert|125|km}} north of [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]].<ref name=PLB/><ref name=review/>
In 1999, it was described as follows:<ref name=review/><blockquote>It is about 5km long with an elevation of 369 m AHD, it stands about 270m above the surrounding landscape. Mt Finke is an isolated block of steeply dipping quartzite believed to be part of a landform dating back some 250 Ma.</blockquote>
It was named by [[John McDouall Stuart]], the British explorer, on 7 August 1858 after [[William Finke]] who was a friend "associated with mining & pastoral activities".<ref name=PLB/>
It has a locally diverse flora and fauna, including 266 plant species.<ref name=heritage/> The open shrubland occurs on thin soils over [[quartzite]] with the most common species including Victoria spring mallee (''[[Eucalyptus trivialis]]''), mulga (''[[Acacia aneura]]''), Ooldea mallee (''[[Eucalyptus youngiana]]'') and porcupine grass (''[[Triodia irritans]]).''<ref name=review/> ''[[Grevillea treueriana]]'' is endemic to the Mount Finke area.<ref name=review/> Fauna species include the euro (''[[Macropus robustus]]''), little rock dragon (''[[Ctenophorus fionii]]''), little wood swallow (''[[Artamus minor]]'')<ref name=heritage>{{cite web|title=Yellabinna Region, Trans access Tk, Ceduna, SA|work=Aussie Heritage|url=http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Ceduna/YellabinnaRegion/12172|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> and leaf beetle (''[[Paropsisterna bimaculata]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/dehaa/pdfs/yellabinna_regional_reserve.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-07-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723002145/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/dehaa/pdfs/yellabinna_regional_reserve.pdf |archivedate=2008-07-23 }}</ref>
Since 2005, Mount Finke has been located within the boundaries of the [[protected area]] known as the [[Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area]] which was originally part of the [[Yellabinna Regional Reserve]].<ref name=MP>{{cite web|title= Yellabinna Reserves Management Plan 2013|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/4ceb0d74-9ea0-4b20-8519-a1e2009b4d01/yellabinna-management-plan-gen.pdf|publisher= Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |date=2013|accessdate=13 March 2015|pages=1–2}}</ref>
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[[Category:Mountains of South Australia|Finke, Mount]]