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Australia has the third-largest exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 km 2 (3,146,060 sq mi). This EEZ does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory (an additional 5,896,500 km 2 (2,276,700 sq mi)). Australia has the largest area of ocean jurisdiction of any country on Earth. [5] It has no land borders.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
Total length of land borders (km) Total surface area (km 2) Border/area ratio (km/km 2) Vatican City 3.2 0.44 7.2727273 Monaco 4.4 2 2.2000000 San Marino 39 61 0.6393443 Liechtenstein 76 160 0.4650000 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 10.2 34 0.3000000 Andorra 120.3 468 0.2570513 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 1.2 6 0.2000000 Saint Martin (France) 10.2 54
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania .
The Commonwealth of Australia comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the major island of Tasmania, other nearby islands, and various external territories. [1] Neighbouring countries are Indonesia , East Timor , and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to ...
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 ]
The coastline of Australia comprises the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania. ... km mi km mi Australia: 35,877 22,293: 23,859 14,825: 59,736 37,118
Australia has a rich variety of endemic legume species that thrive in nutrient-poor soils because of their symbiosis with Rhizobia bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. Well-known Australian fauna include monotremes (the platypus and echidna); a host of marsupials, including the kangaroo, koala, wombat; and birds such as the emu and kookaburra.