Namatjira Drive

Namntjira Drive
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Basic data
Operator:	NT Roads
Start of the street:	/ Larapinta Drive west of Alice Springs ( NT ) ( 23 ° 49 ′  S , 133 ° 28 ′  E )
End of street:	Larapinta Drive west of Hermannsburg ( NT ) ( 23 ° 53 ′  S , 132 ° 23 ′  E )
Overall length:	157 km
States :	Northern Territory
North of Gosses Bluff

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Namatjira Drive is a tourist road in the south of the Australian Northern Territory . It runs through the western MacDonnell Ranges, west of Alice Springs . Like Larapinta Drive , from which it branches off, it is part of the Red Center Way . The name Namatjira refers to Albert Namatjira (1902–1959), one of the most famous Aboriginal painters , who was born in Hermannsburg .

course

East of the Glen Helen Resort

The initially paved, two-lane road branches 46 kilometers west of Alice Springs from Larapinta Drive (S2 / S6), takes the name State Road 2 and runs about 30 kilometers north of this near the main ridge of the MacDonnell Ranges, for the most part the area of West MacDonnell National Park . From the Glen Helen Resort the road is unpaved and continues west to Mount Zeil , the highest peak in the Northern Territory. There it turns south and meets Larapinta Drive again 43 kilometers west of Hermannsburg.

The highest point on the highway is 815  m , the lowest is 621  m .

Web links

Commons : Namatjira Drive  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Namatjira Drive . Retrieved April 19, 2012.