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Mount Sonder

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A clearly defined walking track exists up the western side, which is about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long. Water is available from a tank 50 metres (160 ft) beyond the carpark, and there is a direction plate at the summit. This however is not the true summit, which is a further 750 metres
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to the west, the West MacDonnell Range to the east, Glen Helen, a nearby resort, to the east and
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is the highest at 1,531 metres (5,023 ft), 27 kilometres (17 mi) to the west.
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named the mountain in honour of German botanist Dr.
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Elevation
AHD
Coordinates
23°35′S 132°36′E / 23.583°S 132.600°E / -23.583; 132.600
Etymology
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
Mount Sonder (Rwetyepme) is located in Northern Territory
Northern Territory
Australia
Parent range
MacDonnell Ranges
Easiest route
Aboriginal
mountain
Northern Territory
Australia
AHD
Mount Zeil

Alice Springs
MacDonnell Ranges
West MacDonnell National Park
Larapinta trail
double peak
Ormiston Pound
Ernest Giles
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
Mount Zeil
Gosses Bluff

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