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Mount Woodroffe (dual-named as "Ngarutjaranya/Mount Woodroofe") is a mountain in the Australian state of South Australia, located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest.[1] It is South Australia's highest peak, at 1,435 metres (4,708 ft).
| Mount Woodroffe (Ngarutjaranya) | |
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  Mount Woodroffe (Ngarutjaranya) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara South Australia, Australia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,435 m (4,708 ft)AHD |
| Prominence | South Australia's highest mountain |
| Coordinates | 26°19′13″S 131°44′38″E[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara South Australia, Australia |
| Parent range | Musgrave Ranges |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Cultural significance
The mountain is known to the Pitjantjatjara Indigenous Australians as Ngarutjaranya.[2] In Indigenous Australian mythology, the mountain embodies the mythological creature Ngintaka.
Geography
Mount Woodroffe is located in the far northwest of South Australia, in the Musgrave Ranges. The mountain range rises some 700–800 metres from the surrounding plains and comprises massifs of granite and gneiss.
History
William Ernest Giles was the first white man to pass through the area and camped to the south of Woodroffe on September 7, 1873. William Christie Gosse had previously named it Mt Woodroffe on July 20 that same year.[3] Woodroffe was named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia and an early Australian explorer.[4]
In the 1960s Mount Woodroffe was considered as a potential site for the proposed Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). It lost out due to its remoteness compared to Siding Spring in New South Wales, where the AAT sits today amongst other astronomical observatories.[5]
Access
Access is limited as a permit is required to enter the Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands.[6]
See also
References
- "Search result for "Mount Woodroofe" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities','SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- "Mount Woodroffe". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Plaque on the summit of Woodroffe". state8.net/sa.htm.
- "Goyder, George Woodroffe (1826-1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. 1972. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- Biographical Memoir of Arthur Robert Hogg, 1903-1966, Australian Academy of Science "AAS-Biographical memoirs-Hogg". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- "Permits". PYMedia. Archived from the original on 2004-07-25. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
External links
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На других языках
[de] Mount Woodroffe
Der Mount Woodroffe, von den Aborigines der Pitjantjatjara Ngarutjaranya genannt, ist der höchste Berg in South Australia mit 1435 m Höhe.- [en] Mount Woodroffe
[fr] Mont Woodroffe
Le mont Woodroffe est le point culminant de l'Australie-Méridionale dans les monts Musgrave au nord-ouest de l'état. La montagne faite de granite et de gneiss surplombe de 600 à 700 mètres les plaines environnantes.[ru] Вудрофф
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