Mount Zero (Mura Mura) | |
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Location in
Victoria | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 364 metres (1,194 ft) AHD |
Coordinates | 36°53′06″S 142°22′08″E / 36.88500°S 142.36889°E |
Geography | |
Location | Victoria, Australia |
Parent range | Grampians |
Topo map | Geoscience Australia Mount Zero |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Sir Thomas Mitchell [1] (Scottish explorer and surveyor) |
Mount Zero, also known as Mura Mura in the Jardwadjali language is the northernmost mountain of the Grampian range. [2] Its prominent conical shape is visible from the Western Highway south of Horsham. Scottish explorer Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell named and then described the mountain as "Mount Zero, a name I applied to a remarkable cone at the western extremity of the chain of mountains." [1] While the peak is inside the National Park, the Mount Zero Olive Farm runs along its northern approaches. [3] Scrub covers the sandstone slopes, with a track running up to the summit from the Mt Zero Picnic Area. [4]
Mount Zero will be the terminus of a new 144-km walking track starting at Dunkeld in the south. [5]
Mount Zero (Mura Mura) | |
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Location in
Victoria | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 364 metres (1,194 ft) AHD |
Coordinates | 36°53′06″S 142°22′08″E / 36.88500°S 142.36889°E |
Geography | |
Location | Victoria, Australia |
Parent range | Grampians |
Topo map | Geoscience Australia Mount Zero |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Sir Thomas Mitchell [1] (Scottish explorer and surveyor) |
Mount Zero, also known as Mura Mura in the Jardwadjali language is the northernmost mountain of the Grampian range. [2] Its prominent conical shape is visible from the Western Highway south of Horsham. Scottish explorer Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell named and then described the mountain as "Mount Zero, a name I applied to a remarkable cone at the western extremity of the chain of mountains." [1] While the peak is inside the National Park, the Mount Zero Olive Farm runs along its northern approaches. [3] Scrub covers the sandstone slopes, with a track running up to the summit from the Mt Zero Picnic Area. [4]
Mount Zero will be the terminus of a new 144-km walking track starting at Dunkeld in the south. [5]