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 / 25.03222°S 130.56222°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
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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
References
edit- ^ Geoscience Australia. "Mount Currie Conglomerate". Australian Stratigraphic Names Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ "Scene of Desolation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 1926. p. 10.
- ^ 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
- ^ National Museum of Australia (2011). "Mackay expedition in central Australia, 1926" (PDF). A Different Time (PDF). Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press. pp. 177–178. ISBN 9781876944988.
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