Mount_Zeil

Mount Zeil

Mount Zeil

Mountain in Northern Territory, Australia

Mount Zeil (Western Arrernte: Urlatherrke) (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]

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History

It is believed that Mount Zeil was named during or following Ernest Giles's 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]

Indigenous etymology

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

See also

References

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