Mount Meharry

Mount Meharry
Panyjima:Wirlbiwirlbi
Mount Meharry is located in Western Australia
Mount Meharry
Mount Meharry
Location in Western Australia
Highest point
Elevation1,249 m (4,098 ft)[1]
Prominence836 m (2,743 ft)[2]
Coordinates22°58′S 118°35′E / 22.967°S 118.583°E / -22.967; 118.583[1]
Geography
LocationPilbara region of Western Australia
Parent rangeHamersley Range

Mount Meharry (Panyjima:Wirlbiwirlbi)[3] is the highest mountain in Western Australia. It is located in the Hamersley Range within the southeastern part of Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) south-southeast of Wittenoom,[4] and 87 kilometres (54 mi) east-southeast of Tom Price.[5]

The Pandjima peoples are the traditional owners of the area.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Meharry". Gazetteer of Australia. Geoscience Australia, Government of Australia. 16 January 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ Peakbagger: "Mount Meharry", 23 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Packsaddle Mount Meharry Mount Robinson areas" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Great Circle Distance between MOUNT+MEHARRY and WITTENOOM". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Great Circle Distance between MOUNT+MEHARRY and TOM PRICE". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  6. ^ "My father's father was Wirrilimarra (Bob Tucker)" (PDF). Retrieved 13 December 2015.