Mount Zeil

Mount Zeil (1,531 m or 5,023 ft) is a mountain in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Mount Zeil in the western MacDonnell Ranges.[2][1] It is the highest peak in the Northern Territory, and the highest peak on the Australian mainland west of the Great Dividing Range.[2]

Mount Zeil
Urlatherrke
Mount Zeil viewed from the south
Highest point
Elevation1,531 m (5,023 ft) AHD 
Coordinates23°24′06″S 132°23′45″E [1]
Geography
Mount Zeil
Location of Mount Zeil in the
Northern Territory
LocationMount Zeil, Northern Territory,[1] Australia
Parent rangeMacDonnell Ranges


History

It is believed that Mount Zeil was named during or following Ernest Giles '1872 expedition, probably after Count Karl von Waldburg-Zeil (1841–1890), who had recently distinguished himself with geographic explorations in Spitzbergen; a footnote in Giles' published journal implies that the naming was instigated by his benefactor, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller.[1]

Aboriginal naming

The indigenous name for Mount Zeil in the Western Arrernte language is Urlatherrke, referring to the Yeperenye caterpillars.[3]

gollark: Yes. Yes it is.
gollark: Anarchoprimitivism: for when you want to die of preventable diseases after living a life where you had to hunter-gather all day with no modern conveniences!
gollark: Oh, anarchoprimitivists.
gollark: Anarcho-anarchism?
gollark: Anarchism is like communism in that it sort of sounds good if you don't look too hard, but it is impractical and bad.

See also

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for "Mount Zeil"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Highest Mountains". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. hermannsburgschool.com. Retrieved 4 January 2007


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