Mount Currie is a mountain in the southwest of the Northern Territory, Australia, with an elevation of 564 metres (1,850 ft) AHD . It is part of the same line of conglomerate hills that includes Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa. These three formations have very similar compositions. The sheet of conglomerate that is shared by all three is called Mount Currie Conglomerate.[1]

Mount Currie
Mount Currie Location in the Northern Territory
Highest point
Elevation	564 m (1,850 ft)AHD
Coordinates	25°01′56″S 130°33′44″E
Geography
Location	Northern Territory, Australia
Parent range	Mount Currie Conglomerate
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

The peak was named Mount Currie by the explorer William H. Tietkens, who led an expedition through the area in 1889. He named the peak from a distance, and did not actually approach it.[2] The first European colonial explorers to reach Mount Currie were the expedition funded and led by Richard Thelwell Maurice during their journey from Fowlers Bay, South Australia to the Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.[3] The expedition reached and camped at Mount Currie on 8 July 1902 climbing the largest domes and taking readings and measurements. The area was also visited by the Mackay Expedition in June 1926, which was led by Donald Mackay and Herbert Basedow.[4]

See also

• List of mountains of the Northern Territory

Parliamentary paper (South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly) ; A-no. 43. (11 November 1904) - Maurice, R. T. - Fowler's Bay to Rawlinson Ranges, and Fowler's Bay to Cambridge Gulf

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