Place Names Register Extract

Mount Dundas

Extract date: 23/12/2025

Name	Mount Dundas
Type Designation	Mount
Place Id	15430
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 13' S (Decimal degrees -12.2191)
	Longitude: 136° 51' E (Decimal degrees 136.8634)
Locality / Suburb
	East Arnhem
Local Government Area
	East Arnhem Shire Council
History/Origin	Named by Matthew Flinders on 11 February 1803, after Right Hon. Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville, who later became the First Lord of the Admiralty (1812) after Flinders had returned to England. Flinders also named other features in and around Nhulunbuy after Viscount Melville - Mount Saunders, Dundas Point, Melville Isle (which was rename Bremer Island in 1934), Melville Bay (which now includes Gove Harbour). See Ingleton "Matthew Flinders; Navigator and Chartmaker" for further details into these namings.

Register & Gazettal information

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