Purli Yurliya

{{Short description|Mountain range in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} '''Purli Yurliya''' or '''Rawlinson Ranges''' is a [[mountain range]] in the far east of central [[Western Australia]], to the west of the [[Petermann Ranges (Australia)|Petermann Ranges]], with which it is commonly associated. Both features were given their European names by [[Ernest Giles]], the first European explorer to visit the area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58839206 |title=Lifting the Veil from the Unknown |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)]] |volume=15 |issue=747 |location=South Australia |date=18 September 1926 |access-date=23 August 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The range runs roughly east from Lake Christopher for approximately {{convert|40 |km|mi}}. The [[Giles Weather Station]] is located a few kilometres further east.

The area has been considered a possible site of the fabled [[Lasseter's Reef]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213676925 |title=To Erect Headstone on Lasseter’s Grave |newspaper=[[Quorn Mercury]] |location=South Australia |date=1 May 1936 |access-date=22 August 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Western Australia]]