Australian Mountain Peaks
Cache Name: AMP013 – Mount Zeil
Peak ID: 13
Elevation: 1531m
State: NT
Location: MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (HP)
Coordinates: 41°31′48″S 147°39′00″E
Cache Size: 150ml plastic container
Mount Zeil has an elevation of 1,531m. It is a mountain in the Northern Territory located in the western MacDonnell Ranges. It is the highest peak in the Northern Territory and the highest peak on the Australian mainland west of the Great Dividing Range.
It is believed that Mount Zeil was named during or following Ernest Giles 1872 expedition, probably after Count Karl von Waldburg-Zeil (1841–1890), who had recently distinguished himself with geographic explorations in Spitzbergen. The indigenous name for Mount Zeil in the Western Arrernte language is Urlatherrke, referring to the Yeperenye caterpillars.