Glass House Mountains

The Glass House Mountains are a popular tourist site in the of . The mountains were named by Captain Cook, who in 1770 thought they looked like glass houses as he sailed along the eastern coast of Australia.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Coonowrin and Mount Ngungun.

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Coonowrin is one of the Glass House Mountains, located in , , located 19 km north of Caboolture or about one hour's drive north of .

Peak
is the sixth tallest of the Glass House Mountains at 253 metres. It has a well maintained walking trail to the summit that affords good views.

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Mount is a small mountain in the , north-northwest of , . It is a magma intrusion of hard alkali rhyolite that squeezed up into the vents of an ancient volcano 27 million years ago.

Glass House Mountains

Latitude
-26.912° or 26° 54′ 43″ south
Longitude
152.9225° or 152° 55′ 21″ east
Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)
Open location code
5R5J3WQC+5X
Geo­Names ID
2165459
Wiki­data ID
Q1529753
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Glass House Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Glass House Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Glass House Mountains”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال البيت الزجاجى”
  • French: “Glass House Mountains”
  • French: “monts Glass House”
  • French: “Monts Glass House”
  • German: “Glass House Mountains”
  • German: “Glasshouse Mountains”
  • Ladin: “Glass House Mountains”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്ലാസ് ഹൗസ് മൗണ്ടൻസ് ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
  • Polish: “Glass House Mountains”
  • Russian: “Гласс-Хаус”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Glass House”
  • Swedish: “Glass House Mountains”
  • Venetian: “Monti Glass House”

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