Mount Lofty Ranges

The Mount Lofty Ranges is a hill and mountain range in South Australia, directly east of Adelaide. 

It stretches for over 300 km from Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula in the south to beyond Peterborough in the north. 

The part near Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and forms the eastern edge of the Adelaide Plains. 

The highest point of the southern part is Mount Lofty (710 m), overlooking the city. 

The highest point of the entire range is Mount Bryan (936 m) in the north. 

The mountain range has a Mediterranean climate, supplies water to Adelaide, and is known for vineyards, agriculture, hiking trails (such as the Heysen Trail), and nature parks. 

It was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802. 

Traditionally, it is the land of the Kaurna and Peramangk.

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New Zealand Alps

The New Zealand Alps (or Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) form the largest mountain range in New Zealand. 

They run along almost the entire length of the South Island, approximately 500 km from northeast to southwest. 

Highest point: Aoraki / Mount Cook (3,724 m), the highest mountain in Australasia. 

There are about 17 peaks above 3,000 meters. 

The mountain range separates the wet, forested west (West Coast) from the drier east (Canterbury Plains). 

There are impressive glaciers, such as the Franz Josef and Fox Glacier. 

Large parts are protected within national parks, including Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. 

The Alps are relatively young (formed in the last 5 million years) and offer spectacular landscapes that are popular for mountaineering, skiing, heliskiing, and tourism. 

They form a natural barrier and an iconic symbol of New Zealand.

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Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges

The Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges (formerly the King Leopold Ranges) are a rugged, rolling landscape in the western Kimberley region of Western Australia, approximately 560 million years old. 

They form the southwestern boundary of the Kimberley Plateau and stretch for approximately 567 kilometers, from Secure Bay to the Durack Ranges, with a maximum elevation of almost 1,000 meters. 

In 2020, the name was changed from the King Leopold Ranges to the Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges, a combination of the traditional Aboriginal names "Wunaamin" (Ngarinyin) and "Miliwundi" (Bunuba), to erase the colonial legacy of King Leopold II of Belgium. 

The area encompasses the Wunaamin and Miluwindi Conservation Parks (together approximately 3,921 km²), with dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, gorges such as Bell Gorge and Lennard Gorge, palm groves, and rare flora and fauna. 

It is only accessible by 4x4 vehicle via the Gibb River Road and is popular with adventure tourists during the dry season (May-October).

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Transantarctic Mountains

The Transantarctic Mountains are a mountain range in Antarctica that divides the continent into East and West Antarctica. 

At approximately 3,500 km long, it is the fifth longest mountain range in the world. 

The highest peak is Mount Kirkpatrick (4,528 m). 

The mountain range, which is 65 million years old, consists mainly of sandstone and dolerite and extends from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea.

It was first sighted in 1841 by James Clark Ross and first crossed in 1901-1904 by the British National Antarctic Expedition. 

The name was established in 1962 by the American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN)

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