Mount Hastings [SEP] continent
Mount Hastings
Mount Hastings () is a low mountain southeast of Mount Rigby in the Karo Hills, at the west side of Scott Glacier in Antarctica. It was first sighted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James V. Hastings, who carried out geomagnetic studies at McMurdo Station in the summer of 1964–65.
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Flora Arboretum.
In 1964, the New South Wales Forestry Commission planted various exotic conifers amidst the cool temperate rainforest at Banda Banda. Arboretum species include the monkey puzzle tree, Cunninghamia, Cryptomeria, Douglas fir, radiata pine, Ponderosa Pine and the Sierra redwood. The possibility of the spread of exotic seedlings into the natural rainforest is of concern.
Fauna.
Rare fauna inhabiting Mount Banda Banda include the Hastings River mouse, Parma wallaby, sphagnum frog, Booroolong frog, giant barred frog, stuttering barred