What is Ngarutjaranya?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Ngarutjaranya | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 1,435 | elevation_ref = &nbsp;<small>[[Australian Height Datum|AHD]]</small> | prominence = South Australia's highest mountain | location = [[South Australia]], [[Australia]] | range = [[Musgrave Ranges]] | coordinates = {{Coord|26|19|S|131|44|E|type:mountain_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}} | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Hike }} {{Location map|South Australia|label=Ngarutjaranya |lat_deg=26|lat_min=19|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=131|lon_min=44|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in [[South Australia]]}} '''Ngarutjaranya''', also known as '''Mount Woodroffe,''' is [[South Australia]]'s highest peak. It is {{convert|1435|m}} above sea level. The word ''Ngarutjaranya'' comes from the [[Pitjantjatjara]] language.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Mount Woodroffe | url = http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=201845 | work = Gazetteer of Australia | publisher = [[Geoscience Australia]], Australian Government | access-date = 2012-10-23 | archive-date = 2012-03-29 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/66Wk9OLC1?url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=201845 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In their [[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Dreaming]], the mountain represents the spirit being [[Ngintaka]]. Ngarutjaranya is in the far northwest of [[South Australia]], in the [[Musgrave Ranges]]. The mountain range rises about 700–800 metres above the plains around it. The rock is mostly [[granite]] and [[gneiss]]. Ngarutjaranya was given its European name by [[William Gosse]], who first saw it on 20 July 1873. He named it after [[George Woodroffe Goyder]], another early explorer of South Australia and the [[Northern Territory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/pno/pnores.phtml?recno=SA0072655 |title=Mount Woodroffe, South Australia |work=Place Names Online |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=2006-07-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930152339/http://www.placenames.sa