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The '''Davenport Range''' is a mountain range 760 [[km]] north of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url= http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=8194&wnb=78326727&cmd=sp&c=1&x=134.81024&y=-27.9043&mpsec=0 |title=Map of Davenport Range in South Australia |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |year=2011 |access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref> The nearest town is [[Coober Pedy, South Australia|Coober Pedy]] which about 140 km to the southwest.<ref name=bonzle/> It was named by the explorer Major [[Peter Warburton]] who first saw them in 1859.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060376b.htm |title=Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813 - 1889)|first=Denison |last=Deasey |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |year=1976 |access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref> He named them after Sir Samuel Davenport (1818—1889), a South Australian [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040024b.htm |title=Davenport, Sir Samuel (1818 - 1906)  |first=Beverly |last=Nicks |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |year=1972|access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>

The '''Davenport Range''' is a mountain range 760 [[km]] north of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url= http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=8194&wnb=78326727&cmd=sp&c=1&x=134.81024&y=-27.9043&mpsec=0 |title=Map of Davenport Range in South Australia |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |year=2011 |access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref> The nearest town is [[Coober Pedy, South Australia|Coober Pedy]] which about 140 km to the southwest.<ref name=bonzle/> It was named by the explorer Major [[Peter Warburton]] who first saw them in 1859.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060376b.htm |title=Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813 - 1889)|first=Denison |last=Deasey |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |year=1976 |access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref> He named them after Sir Samuel Davenport (1818—1889), a South Australian [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040024b.htm |title=Davenport, Sir Samuel (1818 - 1906)  |first=Beverly |last=Nicks |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |year=1972|access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>

 

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