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The Dutchmans Stern is a mountain in South Australia located in the Flinders Ranges about north-west of the town of Quorn and north east of the city of Port Augusta.Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, 1999, p. 3.
The mountain was named due to its "supposed resemblance to the stern of a Dutch vessel" with one source attributing the naming to early settlers in the vicinity while another source gives attribution to the British navigator, Matthew Flinders.State Library of South Australia, 2015.Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2010, p. 1.Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, 1999, p. 6. The mountain has a height of . Since 1987, it has been located within the boundaries of the protected area known as The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park where its "prominent bluff" is considered to be "the main feature" of the conservation park.Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, 1999, p. 4.
The mountain's summit can be reached via a walking trail known as "The Dutchmans Stern Hike" which starts in the carpark at the entrance of the conservation park to the north east of the summit and which is reported by the conservation park's managing authority as consisting of a loop which allows two choices of route - one being a walk of the full loop with a distance of and a return time of 5 hours while the other is the most direct path to the summit with a total distance of and a return time of 4 hours.Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2010, p. 3.
See also List of mountains in Australia
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