Hann Range is a mountain range in the Northern Territory of Australia located in

central Australia Central Australia, also sometimes referred to as the Red Centre, is an inexactly defined region associated with the geographic centre of Australia. In its narrowest sense it describes a region that is limited to the town of Alice Springs and i ...

approximately north of

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

. The range stretches east to west for a distance of approximately , it is surrounded by the Burt Plain. The highest point of the Hann Range is Mount Evatt with an elevation of . The Stuart Highway bisects the range not far from Mount Evatt. The range is situated in the Ngalia Basin at the south and eastern end. The area is composed of a well defined ridge of silicified brown sandstone overlaying the basement rock. The ridge is made up of outcropping Vaughan Springs Quartzite of a similar age and

lithology The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy. Physical characteristics include colour, texture, grain size, and composition. Lit ...

to the Heavitree Quartzite that overlook Alice Springs. The metamorphic basement is composed of Mount Bleechmore Granulite. The traditional owners of the area are the

Arrernte people The Arrernte () people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at ''Mparntwe'' (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia regi ...

, who know the area as ''Arwerlt Atwaty''. The Native Gap Conservation Reserve is located in the Range, the gap is a sacred site to the Arrernte and

Anmatyerr The Anmatyerr, also spelt Anmatyerre, Anmatjera, Anmatjirra, Amatjere and other variations) are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory, who speak one of the Upper Arrernte languages. Language Anmatyerr is divided into Easte ...

peoples. The area is at the junction of many creation stories, and the name of the site in the Arrernte language is ''Arurlte Artwatye'', where ''Arurlte'' means 'the top of the shoulders across the neck' and ''Artwatye'' means "gap". The Range is thought to have been named by John Ross while surveying a route for the Overland Telegraph in 1870 after the explorers and pastoralists Frank and William Hann.

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