Jenkins track
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| Operator: | Main Roads | ||||||
| Start of the street: |
Canning Stock Route Wapet Road Kurawaritji ( WA ) ( 22 ° 28 ′ S , 124 ° 36 ′ E ) |
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| End of street: |
Gary Highway Gary Junction Road Gary Junction ( WA ) ( 22 ° 48 ′ S , 125 ° 33 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 55 km | ||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Jenkins Track is an outback slope in the center of the Australian state of Western Australia , in the Pilbara region . It connects the Canning Stock Route and Wapet Road in Kunawarritji with Gary Junction Road and the Gary Highway in Gary Junction .
The slope connects the two small settlements at the transition between the Gibson Desert and the Great Sand Desert . The entire area was awarded to the Aborigines of the Martu in the size of 136,000 km² by the High Court of Australia as a native title in 2002. The only refueling point is in Kunawarritji.
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 90