This is a list of the extreme points of Australia (the country, not the

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). 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

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(which is not universally recognised) are included.

Northernmost point

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

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, Queensland (10°41' S)

Southernmost point

* Bishop and Clerk Islets,

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(55°03' S) * Tasmania main island:

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, (43°38' S) * Continental Australia: South Point, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (39°08' S)

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)

Westernmost point

* Meyer Rock,

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(72°34' E) * Excluding external territories:

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, Western Australia (112°56' E) * Continental Australia:

Steep Point Steep Point () is the westernmost point of mainland Australia. It is located within the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, north of the state's capital Perth, in the proposed Edel Land National Park. It is also a part of the Shark Bay ...

, Western Australia (113°09' E)

Highest point

* Mawson Peak, Heard Island () * Continental Australia:

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, New South Wales () *Furthest point from the centre of the earth: Thornton Peak, Queensland (6,377.866 kilometres) *Tallest Mountain, as measured from ocean floor: Mount Hamilton,

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(5,000 + metres) *Including Australian Antarctic Territory:

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(4,093 metres) *Including Australian Antarctic Territory on rocky terrain: Mount McClintock, ()

Lowest natural point

Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Lake Eyre ( ), officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, is an endorheic lake in east-central Far North South Australia, some north of Adelaide. The shallow lake is the depocentre of the vast endorheic Lake Eyre basin, and contains the ...

, South Australia () *Including Australian Antarctic Territory: Deep Lake,

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, ()

Other points

* Planimetric centre of gravity for continental Australia – Lambert Gravitational Centre, Northern Territory () * Furthest point from the coastline – Between

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and

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, Northern Territory ()Centre of Australia States and Territories
Australian Government *Northwestern point of continental Australia -

North West Cape North West Cape is a peninsula in the north-west of Western Australia. Cape Range runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge. It is in the Gascoyne region and includes the town of Exmouth. History In 1618, ...

, Western Australia *Southwestern point of continental Australia -

Cape Leeuwin Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly (but not most southerly) mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia. Description A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further in Flinders Ba ...

, Western Australia *Northeastern point of continental Australia - Cape York, Queensland *Southeastern point -

Cape Howe Cape Howe is a coastal headland in eastern Australia, forming the south-eastern end of the Black-Allan Line, a portion of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. History Cape Howe was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on 20 A ...

, New South Wales/Victoria

References

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