Mount Woodroffe
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Mount Woodroffe () is South Australia's highest peak, at 1,435 metres. It is known to the Pitjantjatjara Aborigines as Ngarutjaranya.[1]
It is located in the far northwest of South Australia, in the Musgrave Ranges. It was named by William Christie Gosse, who first sighted it on 20 July 1873 and is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia and an early explorer of South Australia and the Northern Territory himself.[2] Access is limited as a permit is required to enter the Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands.[3]
In Australian mythology, the mountain embodies the mythological creature Ngintaka.
[edit] References
- ^ Mount Woodroffe. Place Names Search. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved on 2005-05-11.
- ^ Mount Woodroffe, South Australia. Place Names Online. Government of South Australia. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
- ^ Permits. PYMedia. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
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