Blue Mountains

E15098

mountain range region

The Blue Mountains are a rugged, forested region in New South Wales, Australia, famed for their dramatic sandstone cliffs, eucalyptus forests, and blue-tinged haze.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Blue Mountains escarpment	1
Blue Mountains range	1
Blue Mountains tourist region	1
Blue Mountains, Australia	1
Blue Mountains, New South Wales	1
Greater Blue Mountains Area	1
Lower Blue Mountains	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range ⓘ region ⓘ
approximateDistanceFromSydney	50–100 kilometres west ⓘ
climate	cooler and wetter than Sydney ⓘ
contains	Blackheath ⓘ Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ Echo Point lookout ⓘ Gardens of Stone National Park ⓘ Govetts Leap ⓘ Grose Valley ⓘ Jamison Valley ⓘ Jenolan Caves Karst Conservation Reserve ⓘ Kanangra-Boyd National Park ⓘ Katoomba ⓘ Leura ⓘ Lithgow ⓘ Megalong Valley ⓘ Mount Victoria ⓘ Kanangra-Boyd National Park ⓘ surface form: Nattai National Park Springwood ⓘ Thirlmere Lakes National Park ⓘ Three Sisters rock formation ⓘ Wentworth Falls ⓘ Wollemi National Park ⓘ Yengo National Park ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
distanceFrom	Sydney ⓘ
geology	Triassic sandstone ⓘ plateau dissected by rivers and creeks ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear	2000 ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Werong ⓘ
knownFor	blue-tinged haze ⓘ bushwalking and hiking ⓘ canyoning ⓘ deep valleys and gorges ⓘ dramatic sandstone cliffs ⓘ eucalyptus forests ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ scenic lookouts ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Australia ⓘ
majorTransportRoute	Great Western Highway ⓘ Main Western railway line ⓘ
nameEtymology	named for blue haze from eucalyptus oil droplets in the air ⓘ
partOf	Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ surface form: Great Dividing Range
state	New South Wales ⓘ
tourism	major tourist destination in New South Wales ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Darug people ⓘ Gundungurra people ⓘ Wiradjuri people ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Blue Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater Blue Mountains Area
vegetation	eucalyptus forest ⓘ temperate rainforest pockets ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Mountains → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Blue Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Blue Mountains Area

Central Tablelands → borders → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Great Western Highway → connects → Blue Mountains ⓘ

New South Wales rail network → connects → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Main Western railway line → connectsRegion → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Eastern Highlands → contains → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Great Dividing Range (part) → contains → Blue Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Dividing Range

Main Western railway line → crosses → Blue Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains range

Blue Mountain Peak → highestPointOf → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Greater Sydney region → includesFeature → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Blackheath → isPartOf → Blue Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains tourist region

Echo Point lookout → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Govetts Leap → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Grose Valley → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Mount Victoria → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Victoria, New South Wales

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Mount Werong → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Springwood → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Three Sisters rock formation → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Three Sisters (rock formation)

Wentworth Falls → locatedIn → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Megalong Valley → locatedWestOf → Blue Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains escarpment

Blue Mountain Peak → mountainRange → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Blue Mountains (southern slopes) → partOf → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Great Western Highway → passesThroughRegion → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Blackheath → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Gardens of Stone National Park → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Katoomba → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Leura → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Megalong Valley → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Mount Victoria → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Victoria, New South Wales

Springwood → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Blue Mountains

Wentworth Falls → region → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Main Western railway line → runsThrough → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Morioka, Japan → sisterCity → Blue Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Morioka

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains, Australia

Leura → stateElectorate → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Katoomba → touristHubOf → Blue Mountains ⓘ

Gundungurra people → traditionalRegion → Blue Mountains ⓘ