Darling Range

American  

noun

1. a range of low mountains along the SE coast of Australia. Highest peak, Mt. Cooke, 1,910 feet (580 meters).

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Darling Range British  

noun

1. a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)

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Example Sentences

The mountain chain or Darling Range runs nearly in the direction of north and south.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

Unfortunately, however, the comparatively lower altitude of the Darling Range led to there being no such flow of water inland as even those disappointing rivers the Macquarie and Lachlan had afforded.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

The 13th we spent in passing a portion of the Darling Range.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George

Amongst the very early explorers who did as good work as the scanty opportunities permitted, was Ensign R. Dale, of the 63rd Regiment, who pushed east of the Darling Range.

From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest

The Williams is in the interior, and the Leschenault on the sea-coast, and between the two places lies the Darling Range, a high chain of mountains which had never before been crossed at this point.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George