European-Pyramids - PYRAMID MOUNTAINS

PYRAMID MOUNTAINS

Many mountains all over the world carry the name "pyramid". People seeing the conical or pyramid shape in a hill or mountain often name it "pyramid".

European pyramid mountains

La Piramida in Switzerland: height 2'964m, location Albula Alps, canton Graubünden, close to St.Moritz, 46° 33′ 43.32″ N, 9° 46′ 10.73″ E .

Piramida in Maribor: see our report from a visit in Nov.2007

Pyramid in Sipenski Canal/Dubrovnik

Pyramidenkogel Carinthia/Austria

Australian pyramid mountains

Walsh's Pyramid near Cairns/North Queensland (922 m, 3026 feet) is claimed to be the highest natural pyramid in the world. Climbing time is 3 hours, rewarded by the most magnificent view. 20 km south of Cairns and 1 km south of Gordonvale

The town of Pyramid Hill,Victora, was named after it. Pyramid Hill (187 m above sea-level) is a remarkably exact triangle of granite stone which explorer Thomas Mitchell surmounted in 1836. He named it for its similarity to 'the monuments of Egypt'. It is a half-hour climb to the top. Coordinates 36° 4' 0''S/144° 8' 0''E

Gympie in Queensland. 26°10'08.17 S 152°41'32.37E , constructed of granite blocks, 100 feet high.

In private hands but is going to be destroyed for a highway. It apparently has a series of tunnels under it sealed up by the army because cattle would stray into it and never return. The first Europeans to come into the area in the 1830's learned of them from the now extinct Kabi speaking people of Gympie, known then as the Dhamuri. According to the Aboriginals, brown skinned, blue eyed, blond haired beings wearing dolphin pendants came from Orion long ago and built pyramids and temple sites, but water covered them all.

Text submitted by Deborah Howlett www.MenlhaHealing.com

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