Mount Morris

26°8′S 131°3′E / 26.133°S 131.050°E / -26.133; 131.050

Mount Morris is a mountain in the far north of South Australia. It is about 1,251 metres (4,104 ft) high, and is the second-highest peak in South Australia after nearby Mount Woodroffe (1,435 m). Both are in the Musgrave Ranges, near the border with the Northern Territory.^[1]^[2] The rock is mostly made up of granite.

Mount Morris is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the community of Amaṯa. It was given its name by the explorer William Gosse, who first saw it in July 1873.

References

↑ David John Gordon; Victor H. Ryan (1914). Handbook of South Australia. R.E.E. Rogers, British Association for the Advancement of Science. p. 326.
↑ George Handley Knibbs, ed. (1911). Official Yearbook of the Commonwealth of Australia. Vol. 1–13. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. p. 67.

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[gordon-1] David John Gordon; Victor H. Ryan (1914). Handbook of South Australia. R.E.E. Rogers, British Association for the Advancement of Science. p. 326.

[ybook-2] George Handley Knibbs, ed. (1911). Official Yearbook of the Commonwealth of Australia. Vol. 1–13. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. p. 67.

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