Redbank Gorge (commonly Red Bank Gorge), is a
gorge
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tend ...
located in the
Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
, 156 km west of
Alice Springs
Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...
. It is situated at the bottom of
Mount Sonder.
The gorge is part of the
West MacDonnell National Park, which has an area of approximately .
Features
The area features camping facilities at the Woodland and Ridgetop campgrounds, which contain amenities such as a toilet and
fire pit
The defining feature of fire pits is that they are designed to contain fire and prevent it from spreading. A fire pit can vary from a pit dug in the ground (fire hole) to an elaborate gas burning structure of stone, brick, and metal. Certain cont ...
, however fees apply to use these locations.
The gorges can be accessed from the nearby Larapinta and Namatjira drives.
References
External links
Northern Territory fact sheet
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Canyons and gorges in the Northern Territory