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Black Mountain

812 m2,664 ft

Prominence: 211 m693 ft
Isolation: 5.4 km
Tonight: 14°CLight rain showers · Wind 15 km/h N

Black Mountain is an 812 m (2,664 ft) mountain in the Brindabella Ranges, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 812 m · 2,664 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ainslie (842 m)
Range: Brindabella Ranges
Region: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates: 35.2740° S, 149.0976° E

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3D map

Black Mountain 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Black Mountain terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Black Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Black Mountain weather

Today · Light rain showers at night · 14 / 23°C (57 / 73°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 15 km/h N

Black Mountain forecast for the summit, about 812 m.

Today14°23°0.9 mm15 km/h N
Sun8°22°20.9 mm28 km/h NW
Mon4°17°–21 km/h NW
Tue3°13°–20 km/h W
Wed4°16°–21 km/h NW
Thu7°19°–12 km/h NW
Fri10°17°6.7 mm11 km/h NW
Sat10°20°1.2 mm20 km/h W
Sun4°16°2.7 mm12 km/h S
Mon9°17°–7 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

94.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 276 m low point 539 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.7%Grassland 19.9%Built-up 16.9%Water 12.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 2,583 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Australian Water Dragon861
Crimson Rosella712
Australian Magpie536
New Holland Honeyeater499
Australian Wood Duck448
Eastern Spinebill445

Where it sits

Where Black Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Black Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBlack Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-14.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 815 m at the summit; the official height is 812 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	812 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	815 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	811 m	-1 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia