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Mount Wingen

mountain, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as: Burning Mountain
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Mount Wingen, also known as Burning Mountain, is a mountain located in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 1,800 feet (550 meters) high. A unique feature of Mount Wingen is a cleft in its side that emits smoke. This smoke originates from an underground coal seam that has been smoldering for thousands of years, believed to have been ignited by a brushfire. The mountain is situated in the upper Hunter River valley, near the town of Scone.1

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