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petermann ranges
Petermann Ranges, Australia.
Petermann Ranges
mountains, Australia
Petermann Ranges, low mountains extending for 200 miles (320 km) from east-central Western Australia southeast to the southwest corner of Northern Territory. A continuation of the granite and gneiss formations in the Musgrave Ranges to the southeast, the Petermanns rise to a height of 3,800 feet (1,158 metres). Visited (1874) by Ernest Giles, the mountains were named after August Petermann, a German geographer. The eastern section lies within the Petermann Aboriginal Land Trust’s territory. To the east are Uluru/Ayers Rock and the Olgas (Kata Tjuta) rock formations; both are part of Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 (extended 1994).
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