Mount Etna the southeast and the northeast of the volcanic cone. The name Mongibel is found in Arthurian Romance, as the name of the otherworld castle (or realm) of Morgan le Fay and her half-brother, King Arthur, localised at Etna, according to traditions concerning them derived from the stories told by the Breton "conteurs" who accompanied the Norman occupiers of Sicily. What were originally Welsh conceptions concerning a dwarf king of a paradisal, Celtic underworld became attached to the quasi-historic figure of Arthur as "Ruler of the Antipodes" and were then transplanted into a Sicilian milieu, by Bretons impressed by the already
Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island) and stairs to protect the breeding areas and prevent erosion. A number of rare and declining plants on the mainland are largely restricted (or completely restricted) to Great Barrier Island are found on Mount Hobson, these include, "Pittosporum kirkii", "Epacris sinclairii", "Kunzea sinclairii", and also "Olearia allomii". Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island) Mount Hobson ("Hirakimata" in Maori) is the highest mountain on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Located in the centre of the island, it rises above sea level. Various mountain tracks allow relatively easy access to the summit, with the shortest (2 hour) track leading through the famous Windy