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A Morning Glory cloud formation between Burketown and Normanton, Australia. The location of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Satellite photo of morning cloud formations over the Gulf of Carpentaria. Northern part of the visible linear cloud is North Australian Squall Line, Morning Glory cloud is the very southern part of this linear cloud.
A Morning Glory cloud near Burketown. From the months of August to November, a rare meteorological phenomenon known as "Morning Glory" - long, tubular clouds, some up to 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in length - is often observed in the skies above Burketown. [41]
The Gangalidda name for Burketown is Mungibi meaning ‘little Island’ for the fact that flooding in the wet season often isolates the town. [ citation needed ] From the months of August to November, a rare meteorological phenomenon known as " Morning Glory " – long, tubular clouds, some up to 1000 km in length – are often observed in the ...
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Rare but not unknown in a great many locations, the waves appear with some predictability and regularity in the Gulf of Carpentaria during spring. They have been seen as frequently as six days in a row according to reports by the two pilots who have most experience with soaring these sometimes enormous examples of the undular bore, known in Australia as the Morning Glory cloud.
Mary Kathleen, Queensland; Millungera Station; Lake Moondarra; Morning Glory cloud; Mornington Island Airport; Shire of Mornington (Queensland) Mount Cuthbert and Dobbyn railway lines; Mount Isa; City of Mount Isa; Mount Isa Airport; Electoral district of Mount Isa
The location of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It covers a water area of about 300,000 km 2 (120,000 sq mi). The Gulf of Carpentaria from an 1859 Dutch map The Gulf of Carpentaria between Bentinck Island and the Australian continent Loading ore from McArthur River zinc mine at Bing Bong Loading Facility, 2011 Gulf of Carpentaria from MODIS Karumba Beach, Karumba, Queensland Melbidir II anchored off ...
James Alpin Macpherson (1842–23 August 1895) sometimes spelled "MacPherson" or "McPherson," and otherwise known as The Wild Scotchman, was a Scottish–born Australian bushranger active in Queensland and New South Wales in the 1860s.