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Australia is the flattest, lowest and, except for Antarctica, the driest of all the continents.

Part of the Great Dividing Range, the Snowy Mountains are Australia's tallest. It's here you'll find Australia's highest mountain, Mt. Kosciuszko. Although the tallest in Australia, it's only ranked the 71st highest in the world. Everest in Nepal is 4 times as high.
World's highest mountains.

Australia is also home to the largest monolith in the world, Uluru.

Elevation in feet

Highest Australian cities and towns in each state and territory

State /Terr.	City or Town	Height in metres	State /Terr.	City or Town	Height in metres
NSW	Perisher Valley	1 740	WA	Tom Price	750
VIC	Hotham Heights	1 700	NT	Areyonga	700
TAS	Reynolds Neck	1 100	SA	Amata	700
QLD	Ravenshoe	930	ACT	Canberra	660

Ten highest mountains on the Australian mainland

Officially recognized by the Australian government as the highest.

Mountain	Height in metres	Mountain	Height in metres
Mt. Kosciuszko	2228	Rams Head North	2177
Mt. Townsend	2209	Alice Rawson Peak	2160
Mt. Twynam	2195	Unnamed Peak SW of Abbott Peak	2159
Rams Head	2190	Abbott Peak & Carruthers Peak	2145
Unnamed Peak on Etheridge Ridge	2180	Mt. Northcote	2131

Highest mountain in each state and territory in Australia

Mt. Kosciuszko is located in the Snowy Mountains in
New South Wales and is part of the Great Dividing Range.

State /Terr.	Mountain	Height in metres	State /Terr.	Mountain	Height in metres
NSW	Mt. Kosciuszko	2228	TAS	Mt. Ossa	1617
VIC	Mt. Bogong	1986	NT	Mt. Zeil	1531
ACT	Bimberi Peak	1912	SA	Mt. Woodroffe	1435
QLD	Bartle Frere (S. Peak)	1622	WA	Mt. Meharry	1253

Largest monolith in Australia

Uluru (pronounced OO-la-ROO) is not only the largest monolith in Australia, it's also the largest in the world. A monolith is a single large block of stone (see also monocline below).

Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) is believed to extend several kilometres below the surface and is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory.

	Length	Width	Height
Uluru	3.6 kilometres	2.4 kilometres	348.7 metres

Largest monocline in Australia

You may see Mt. Augustus listed as the largest monolith in the world instead of Uluru. However, Mt. Augustus is actually a monocline not a monolith. A monocline is an exposed slab of rock belonging to the layer beneath. In other words, unlike a monolith, a monocline is not a single piece of rock.

Mt Augustus is more than twice the height of Uluru - so large that it is visible from over 100km away. It was discovered by Francis Gregory in 1858 and named after his brother Augustus. The Wadjeri tribe are the traditional custodians of Burringurrah, their name for Mt. Augustus. The monocline is located 850 km north of Perth in Western Australia.

	Length	Width	Height
Mt. Augustus	8 kilometres	3 kilometres	858 metres

Note: This information is for entertainment purposes. We assume no liability resulting from any errors or omissions. Translation . . . we've done our best to bring you accurate information. For official facts and figures, please visit any of the many Australian government websites available such as the Geoscience Australia Nat'l Geodetic database

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