Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill

Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill (or Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya) is a hill in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands about 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of the town of Marla and about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of the settlement of Mimili.[1]

Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill
Location in South Australia

The name means "where the devil urinates" in the regional Pitjantjatjara language and was recorded during a field trip organised by an unspecified state government agency in May 1989.[1] It was gazetted on 4 November 2010 by the Government of South Australia as "Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya" without the word "hill".[2] The name is the longest official place name in Australia.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Search results for "Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya, Hill" with the following data sets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. Kentish, P.M. (4 November 2010). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice of Declaration of Names of Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 5218. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. "Bigger and better Gazetteer of Australia 2002 now available". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.

Further reading
  • Wajnryb, Ruth (2006). Australian Place Name Stories. Melbourne: Lothian Books. p. 128. ISBN 0-7344-0623-1.

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