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Crocker Hill - NT

Crocker Hill

Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Position

DEG: -24.87077 135.703201

DMS: 24º 52' 14.77" S 135º 42' 11.52" E

UTM: 53 J 7249178mN 571035mE

Altitude: 213.54m

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Location

138.27kms NorthEast of Finke (Aputula)
297.87kms North of Oodnadatta
359.25kms South of Ampilatwatja
384.57kms West of Birdsville

Address & Contact

Erldunda NT

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The first white man to discover this hill was a South Australian surveyor by the name of Theodore Earnest Day. The next important Explorer to visit them was Dr Cecil Madigan in his 1939 crossing of the Simpson Desert. Madigan named the most prominent peaks in this area after members of his expedition party.

PlaceID	28339

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Simpson Desert via Geosurveys Hill

Nearby Places (6)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Jervois at 16/10:30pm CST

Distance from Crocker Hill 218.15km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.4°C	6.2°C	65%	3.2°C	1023.8hPa	0.0mm	SSE	9km/hr 5knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Arltunga

Distance from Crocker Hill 188.04km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	36.2	34.3	31.5	28.8	22.9	19.2	19.7	22.9	27.7	30.9	33.4	34.4
Mean Min. °C	22.2	21.0	18.5	13.4	7.8	3.9	3.2	5.0	10.8	14.6	18.0	20.2
Mean Rain mm	43.4	44.2	40.0	15.9	20.1	16.3	10.3	6.8	6.8	22.4	31.3	39.6