AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Highest and Biggest in Australia

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.

Elevation in feet

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	1740	WA	Tom Price	750
VIC	Hotham Heights	1700	NT	Areyonga	700
TAS	Reynolds Neck	1100	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

Bald Rock, largest exposed granite outcrop in Australia

Geology Confusion

Uluru, Mt. Augustus and Bald Rock have been described as monoliths. However, the Australian government points out that applying the term monolith to those geological structures is scientifically incorrect. Strictly speaking, a monolith is single large block of stone standing alone. A monocline, on the other hand, is an exposed slab of rock belonging to the layer beneath. We've read so much conflicting information about whether Uluru or Mt. Augustus was the largest monolith in the world, that we'll leave it up to you to decide.

Mt. Augustus

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. It's located 850 km north of Perth in Western Australia.

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

Uluru

Uluru (pronounced OO-la-ROO) is famous for the way it changes colour in the light and is particularly spectacular at sunrise and sunset. Once known as Ayers Rock, Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory, 335 km south-west of Alice Springs. Uluru is believed to extend several kilometres below the surface and is made of sedimentary arkosic sandstone (less than 75% compressed lithified sand and more than 25% feldspar).

	Height	Length	Width	Circumference
Uluru	348.7 metres	3.6 kilometres	2.4 kilometres	9.4 kilometres

Bald Rock – Largest Exposed Granite Outcrop in Australia

Bald Rock is Australia's largest exposed granite surface. Located on the Queensland and New South Wales border, it rises to 1277 metres above sea level and towers about 200 metres up out of the surrounding bushland.

	Height	Length	Width
Bald Rock	200 metres	750 metres	500 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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