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