Lasseter Highway
Highway in the Northern Territory
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Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 km (152 mi) highway in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway at Erldunda.[2] The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter's Reef) west of Kata Tjuta.[3]
Lasseter Highway | |
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Map of central Australia with Lasseter Highway highlighted in red | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  A4 |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Tjukaruru Road, Uluru-Katatjuta National Park |
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| East end |  Stuart Highway (A87), Erldunda |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Yulara, Curtin Springs, Mount Ebenezer |
| Highway system | |
Junctions
| Location | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yulara | 0 | 0.0 | Tjukaruru Road (C4) | Route 4 continues to Kata Tjuta then to the Western Australian border becoming the Great Central Road | |
| Yulara Drive | |||||
| 1.5 | 0.93 | Giles Street | |||
| Petermann | 95 | 59 | Mulga Park Road | ||
| 180 | 110 |  Luritja Road (State Route 3) | |||
| Ghan | 288 | 179 | Stuart Highway (A87) – Adelaide, Darwin | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Looking east along the Lasseter Highway toward Erldunda
Lasseter Highway at Mount Conner Lookout near Lake Amadeus, March 2010
Driving on the Lasseter Highway near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory.
