Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill Explained

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

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

• List of long place names
• List of unusual place names

Further reading

• Book: Wajnryb , Ruth . 2006 . Australian Place Name Stories . Melbourne . Lothian Books . 128 . 0-7344-0623-1 .

-27.1255°N 132.5423°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 24 September 2019.
2. Web site: Kentish . P.M. . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice of Declaration of Names of Places . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 25 September 2019 . 5218 . 4 November 2010.
3. Web site: Bigger and better Gazetteer of Australia 2002 now available. Geoscience Australia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604201746/http://www.ga.gov.au/about-us/news-media/latest-news/archive/2003/march/. 2011-06-04.