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Highest and Biggest in Australia – Australian Facts And Figures

This Article explains the highest and biggest cities, towns, mountains, etc in each state and territory of 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.

Highest Australian cities and towns in each state and territory

State/Terr.City or TownHeight
in metres
State/Terr.City or TownHeight
in metres
  NSWPerisher Valley1740  WATom Price750
  VICHotham Heights1700  NTAreyonga700
  TASReynolds Neck1100  SAAmata700
  QLDRavenshoe930  ACTCanberra660

Highest Australian Mountains

  MountainHeight
in metres
  Location
  Mt. McClintock3490  Britannia Range in the Australian Antarctic Territory
  Mawson Peak2745  Heard Island, an external Australian territory in the Southern Ocean
  Mt. Kosciuszko2228  Snowy Mountains in mainland state of New South Wales

Ten highest mountains on the Australian mainland

Officially recognized by the Australian government as the highest.

  MountainHeight
in metres
  MountainHeight
in metres
  Mt. Kosciuszko2228  Rams Head North2177
  Mt. Townsend2209  Alice Rawson Peak2160
  Mt. Twynam2195  Unnamed Peak SW of Abbott Peak2159
  Rams Head2190  Abbott Peak & Carruthers Peak2145
  Unnamed Peak on Etheridge Ridge2180  Mt. Northcote2131

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.MountainHeight
in metres
State/Terr.MountainHeight
in metres
  NSWMt. Kosciuszko2228  TASMt. Ossa1617
  VICMt. Bogong1986  NTMt. Zeil1531
  ACTBimberi Peak1912  SAMt. Woodroffe1435
  QLDBartle Frere (S. Peak)1622  WAMt. Meharry1253

Geology Confusion

Bald Rock Australia
 Bald Rock, largest exposed granite outcrop in Australia

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.

 HeightLengthWidth
Mt. Augustus858 metres8 kilometres3 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).

 HeightLengthWidthCircumference
Uluru348.7 metres3.6 kilometres2.4 kilometres9.4 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.

 HeightLengthWidth
Bald Rock200 metres750 metres500 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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