Mount Zero (Mura Mura) | |
Elevation: | 364m (1,194feet) |
Location: | Victoria, Australia |
Map: | Australia Victoria |
Label Position: | top |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | -36.885°N 142.3689°W |
Range: | Grampians |
Topo: | Geoscience Australia Mount Zero |
First Ascent: | Sir Thomas Mitchell[1] (Scottish explorer and surveyor) |
Mount Zero, also known as Mura Mura in the Jardwadjali language is the northernmost mountain of the Grampian range.[2] Its prominent conical shape is visible from the Western Highway south of Horsham. Scottish explorer Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell named and then described the mountain as "Mount Zero, a name I applied to a remarkable cone at the western extremity of the chain of mountains." While the peak is inside the National Park, the Mount Zero Olive Farm runs along its northern approaches.[3] Scrub covers the sandstone slopes, with a track running up to the summit from the Mt Zero Picnic Area.[4]
Mount Zero will be the terminus of a new 144-km walking track starting at Dunkeld in the south.[5]