List of extreme points of Australia

Extreme points of mainland Australia

This is a list of the extreme points of Australia (the country, not the continent). The list includes extremes of cardinal direction, elevation, and other points of peculiar geographic interest. The location of some points depend on whether islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory (which is not universally recognised) are included.

Northernmost point

• Bramble Cay, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland (9°8'23" S)
• Continental Australia: Cape York, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (10°41' S)

Southernmost point

• Bishop and Clerk Islets, Tasmania (55°03' S)
• Tasmania main island: South East Cape, (43°38' S)
• Continental Australia: South Point, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (39°08' S) ^[1]

Easternmost point

• Steels Point, Norfolk Island (167°57' E)
• Excluding external territories: Ball's Pyramid, New South Wales (159°15' E)
• Continental Australia: Cape Byron, New South Wales (153°38' E) ^[2]

Westernmost point

• Meyer Rock, McDonald Islands (72°34' E)
• Excluding external territories: Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia (112°56' E)
• Continental Australia: Steep Point, Western Australia (113°09' E)

Highest point

• Mawson Peak, Heard Island (2,744 metres (9,003 ft)) ^[3]
• Continental Australia: Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales (2,228 metres (7,310 ft)) ^[4]
• Furthest point from the centre of the earth: Thornton Peak, Queensland (6,377.866 kilometres) ^[5]
• Tallest Mountain, as measured from ocean floor: Mount Hamilton, Macquarie Island (5,000 + metres) ^[5]
• Including Australian Antarctic Territory: Dome A (4,093 metres) ^[6]
• Including Australian Antarctic Territory on rocky terrain: Mount McClintock, (3,490 metres (11,450 ft)) ^[7]

Lowest natural point

• Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, South Australia (−15 m (−49 ft))
• Including Australian Antarctic Territory: Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills, (−50 m (−164 ft))

Other points

• Planimetric centre of gravity for continental Australia – Lambert Gravitational Centre, Northern Territory ( 25°36′36.4″S134°21′17.33″E / 25.610111°S 134.3548139°E / -25.610111; 134.3548139 )
• Furthest point from the coastline – Between Papunya and Lake Lewis, Northern Territory ( 23°02′S132°10′E / 23.033°S 132.167°E / -23.033; 132.167 ) ^[8]
• Northwestern point of continental Australia - North West Cape, Western Australia
• Southwestern point of continental Australia - Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia
• Northeastern point of continental Australia - Cape York, Queensland
• Southeastern point - Cape Howe, New South Wales/Victoria

See also

• Centre points of Australia
• Extreme points of Earth
• Extreme points of Oceania
• Pole of inaccessibility § Australia

References

1. Continental Extremities of Australia, Geoscience Australia, 18 November 2010, archived from the original on 8 February 2012, retrieved 8 February 2012
2. "Cape Byron Headland Reserve", byronbay.com.
3. "Highest mountains on external territories". Geoscience Australia. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
4. "Kosciuszko National Park". Australian Alps National Parks. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
5. "Australian Extremes". Australian Extremes. December 2020.
6. "ANTARCTICA ULTRA-PROMINENCES". Wikipedia. 30 December 2020.
7. "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-04
8. Centre of Australia States and Territories, Geoscience Australia, 11 January 2019.