Macdonnell Ranges

/ məkˈdɒnəl /

plural noun

1. a mountain system of central Australia, in S central Northern Territory, extending about 160 km (100 miles) east and west of Alice Springs. Highest peak: Mount Zeil, 1531 m (5024 ft)

Example Sentences

The ocher walls of the West MacDonnell Ranges crowd its southern fringe.

From New York Times

The Larapinta Trail is a 223km bushwalking track that runs west from Alice Springs to Mount Sonder along the West MacDonnell Ranges.

From The Guardian

Without clearance, the only way to see Pine Gap is by air, or by climbing the craggy ridges of the MacDonnell Ranges that surround the site.

From New York Times

Born in 1902 in Hermannsburg, a remote Aboriginal community in central Australia’s West MacDonnell ranges, Albert Namatjira rose to prominence as the first Aboriginal artist to master a Western tradition.

From Reuters

Born in 1902 in Hermannsburg, a remote Aboriginal community in central Australia’s West MacDonnell ranges, Albert Namatjira rose to prominence as the first Aboriginal artist to master a Western tradition.

From Reuters