Mount Webb - WA

  Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Position

DEG: -22.938589 128.145935
DMS: 22º 56' 18.92" S 128º 08' 45.37" E
UTM: 52 K 7463024mN 412432mE
Altitude: 517.82m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Location

41.34kms East of Kiwirrkurra
132.74kms West of Kintore
388.06kms NorthEast of Warburton
524.25kms South of Halls Creek

Address & Contact

Central Australia
Western Australia
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Information

Explorer David Carnegie first saw Mount Webb from the north on 11 April 1897 on his expedition from Halls Creek to Lake Darlot.
He visited and named the mount on 12 April 1897 after W.F. Webb Esq., of Newstead Abbey, Nottingshire.

"May 9th we left the well on a Southerly course, and were soon amongst the ridges, which continued for the next two days. The night of the 11th, having skirted a line of rough cliffs, we camped about three miles North of a very prominent single hill, which I named Mount Webb, after W. F. Webb, Esq., of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. As the sun rose that morning the mirage of a lake of apparently great size was visible for 90° of the horizon — that is, from East round to South. Neither from the cliffs that we skirted, nor from Mount Webb, was any lake visible, but it is more than probable that a large salt lake exists in this locality, possibly connecting, in a broken line, Lake White and Lake Macdonald." (Spinifex and Sand)

Mount Webb is alongside the Gary Junction Road and is just east of the community of Kiwirrkurra.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Walungurru (Kintore) at 29/06:30am CST
Distance from Mount Webb 131.4km E
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
22.5°C21.3°C67%16.1°C1012.6hPa0.0mmENE17km/hr
9knots
22km/hr
12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Walungurru
Distance from Mount Webb 131.4km E
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C40.438.835.833.327.423.223.326.631.635.737.438.0
Mean Min. °C26.426.023.920.815.410.710.412.316.720.723.224.6
Mean Rain mm29.132.458.01.717.410.318.65.910.019.818.742.6

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