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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">MacDonnell Ranges</span></h1>
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<p>Blick über die West MacDonnell Ranges vom <i>Larapinta Trail</i> in der Nähe von Glen Helen
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<td><a href="Mount_Liebig" title="Mount Liebig">Mount Liebig</a> (<span style="border-width:0px; padding:0px; margin:0px;">1524 <abbr title="Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel">m</abbr></span>)
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<p>Die <b>MacDonnell Ranges</b> sind eine 644 km lange <a href="Gebirge" title="Gebirge">Gebirgskette</a> im <a href="Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> <a href="Australien" title="Australien">Australiens</a>. Sie bestehen aus parallel laufenden Bergkämmen aus rotem Sandstein, die westlich und östlich von <a href="Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a> verlaufen. <a href="Mount_Liebig" title="Mount Liebig">Mount Liebig</a> mit 1.524 m und <a href="Mount_Zeil" title="Mount Zeil">Mount Zeil</a> mit 1.510 m sind die höchsten Erhebungen. <br>An zahlreichen Stellen sind die Gebirgszüge von tief eingeschnittenen und teilweise nur wenige Meter breiten <a href="Schlucht" title="Schlucht">Einschnitten</a> durchbrochen, zu deren berühmtesten <i>Simpsons Gap</i>, <i>Standley Chasm</i>, <i>Serpentine Gorge</i> und <i>Glen Helen Gorge</i> zählen.
</p><p>Die Gebirgskette wurde 1860 von <a href="John_McDouall_Stuart" title="John McDouall Stuart">John McDouall Stuart</a> entdeckt und nach Sir <a href="Richard_MacDonnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard MacDonnell">Richard MacDonnell</a>, dem damaligen Gouverneur von <a href="South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>, benannt.
</p><p>Im Gebiet der MacDonnell Ranges existieren zahlreiche Stätten der <a href="Arrernte" title="Arrernte">Arrernte</a>, der örtlichen <a href="Aborigines" title="Aborigines">Aborigines</a>. Ein 223 km langer Wanderweg, der <a href="Larapinta_Trail" title="Larapinta Trail">Larapinta Trail</a>, verläuft durch den <a href="West-MacDonnell-Nationalpark" title="West-MacDonnell-Nationalpark">West-MacDonnell-Nationalpark</a>.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/arrernte.html">Arrernte art</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/?a=3084">Larapinta Trail</a></li></ul>
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<div class="gallerytext">Luftaufnahme von Alice Springs, die einen Höhenzug der MacDonnell Ranges sowie den durchtrennenden <i>Heavitree Gap</i> zeigt</div>
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<div class="gallerytext">Die der <i>Ochre Pits</i> - von <a href="Aborigines" title="Aborigines">Aborigines</a> genutzten <a href="Ocker" title="Ocker">Ocker</a>-Gruben </div>
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