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AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA PAGE
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Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
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Land Statistics
convert (kilometers to miles, meters to feet) here Coastline measured at 25,760 km (15,532 mi)
(includes Tasmania and small coastal islands)
Land Area
(land) 7,617,930 sq km
(water) 68,920 sq km
(TOTAL) 7,686,850 sq km
(Land/Water Area) States and Territories
Capital Territory - 2,280 sq km
New South Wales - 800,642 sq km
Northern Territory - 1,349,103 sq km
Queensland - 1,727,648 sq km
South Australia - 983,482 sq km
Tasmania - 68,401 sq km
Victoria - 227,420 sq km
Western Australia - 2,527,875 sq km
Land Area (all countries)
here!
Horizontal Widths 4,042 km from Perth, directly east to Sydney
Vertical Length 3,155 km from Darwin, directly southeast to Melbourne
Note: Lengths and widths indicated are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering Countries (0)
Regions (6 states, and 2 territories**)
Australian Capital Territory**, New South Wales, Northern Territory**, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
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Regions (largest by population) New South Wales
6,889,100
Regions (largest by size) Western Australia
2,527,875 sq km
 Highest Point Mt. Kosciuszko, 2,229 meters
 Lowest Point Lake Eyre, -15m meters
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Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms
With only a few mountain ranges, Australia is for the most part a flat plateau with large desert areas central and west. A low coastal plain encircles most of the country, and much of Australia is fronted with miles of sandy beach.
Running along the eastern edges of Australia, from the Cape York Peninsula on into Tasmania, the Great Dividing Range and its mountains separate the dry Australian interior from the coastal areas.
Some peaks here, including those in the Blue Mountains and Australian Alps do rise to nearly 4,000 ft (1,200 m).
Other mountain ranges of note include the Darling Range in southwestern Australia, the reddish-brown Hamersley Range in western Australia, and the central MacDonnel Ranges.
The country's highest point, Mount Kosciuszko, at 7,312 ft. (2,229 m) is located to the northeast of Melbourne. Australia's lowest point, -15 m, is found along the shoreline of Lake Eyre.
Lake Eyre, itself below sea level, is located in the driest part of Australia. It holds very little water as much of it evaporates quickly in the repressive heat.
Lake Eyre Basin is considered the world's largest internal drainage system, covering about one-sixth of the country. Rivers here only flow when it rains, and that's a rare commodity.
The Great Victoria Desert, famous for its red sand dunes, indigenous wildlife and isolation, is (250,000 sq. miles in size) and mainly a barren area of red sand hills and ridges, dry salt lakes, with very little grassland. Additional deserts of note within the country include the Gibson, Great Sandy, Simpson, and Tanami.
The Pinnacles Desert, in the heart of Nambung National Park, has over 150,000 spectacular limestone pillars that seem to rise out of the yellow sand. Some are jagged, sharp-edged columns, rising to a point; while others resemble tombstones.
The Nullabor Plain is a sparsely populated slice of southwestern Australia. It is extremely dry with very little surface water and very few people. Along the southern coastline on the Great Australian Bight, (Bight: a bend or curve in the shoreline) the local terrain is unparalleled. Enormous stretches of pure white sand found in the Bilbunya Dunes and the Baxter Cliffs along the Bight are absolutely stunning.
One of world's most famous landforms, "Uluru," or Ayers Rock, is the largest solitary rock on the planet. Its red sandstone surface smoothed by high winds over time is revered as a holy place and called Uluru by the aboriginal people. It's 1,143 ft. (348 m) high.
The Great Barrier Reef is a spectacular coral reef, about 1,250 miles (2,000 km) in length. It contains the world's largest deposit of coral; not a continuous reef, but rather an irregular jigsaw puzzle of over 2,800 individual coral reefs and assorted coral cays.
Located along Australia's eastern coastline to the north of Brisbane, Fraser Island is Australia's fourth largest island (after Tasmania, Melville Island and Kangaroo Island), and the largest sand island in the world. Created by the action of wind over thousands of years, it's 120 km long and about 15 km wide.
Much of the Kimberley Plateau it still unexplored, and notorious for the dramatic red landscapes of jumbled rocks and gorges, and for the very strong ocean tide that flows in (twice daily), causing dangerous river rapids and whirlpools. Dozens of islands and coral reefs dot the rugged coastline there, and access to this area of Australia is most difficult, as roads are few and far between.
Shark Bay is one of only 14 places on the planet that meets ALL four natural criteria for World Heritage listings. Those criteria include outstanding examples of the earth's evolution, biological and ecological processes, incredible natural beauty and significant natural habitats for animal and plant species. The bay has the largest area of sea grass species in one place, and supports a rich aquatic life of dolphins, dugongs, sea snakes, turtles and whales.
The Darling River, 1,160 miles (1,879 km) in length, flows southwest from the edges of the Great Dividing Range into the Murray River The Murray rises in the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) and flows 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Spencer Gulf, directly west of Adelaide. It's the longest river in Australia and is a vital source of irrigation for the country's major agricultural industries.
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Shark Bay, Western Australia
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Great Victoria Desert sand dunes, Australia
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