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The cliffs are subjected to high-energy waves from the Southern Ocean, and are receding northwards. The same formation extends from Eucla to Madura in Western Australia where it forms the scarp separating the Roe Plains from the Hampton Tableland , but in this section the coastline has moved away from the cliffs.
Mt Townsend is Australia's second highest mountain, adjacent to and almost the same height as Mt Kosciuszko, and Strzelecki saw that the neighbouring peak was slightly higher. In the presence of Macarthur he named the higher summit Mount Kosciusko after the famous Polish-Lithuanian military leader who died in 1817.
Planimetric centre of gravity for continental Australia – Lambert Gravitational Centre, Northern Territory Furthest point from the coastline – Between Papunya and Lake Lewis , Northern Territory ( 23°02′S 132°10′E / 23.033°S 132.167°E / -23.033; 132.167
Castle Cliff, at 986 metres (3,235 ft) Mount Solitary, at 950 metres ... Mount Meharry (at 1,249 metres above sea level, the highest peak in Western Australia)
Looking north towards high cliffs that create The Gap near Watsons Bay. The Gap is an ocean cliff at South Head in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The area, which faces the Tasman Sea, is located in the suburb of Watsons Bay. Although the cliff is a popular tourist destination, it has infamy for suicides.
All of mainland Australia's alpine areas, including its highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 metres or 7,310 feet AHD), are part of this range, called the Main Range. [4] The highest areas in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria are known as the Australian Alps.
Mount Bogong from Tawonga Gap lookout Staircase Spur after the July 2014 blizzards Cleve Cole Hut. Mount Bogong, / ˈ b oʊ ɡ ɒ ŋ / located in the Alpine National Park and part of the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia, at 1,986 metres (6,516 ft) above sea level.
The cliffs are situated in both the Gascoyne and Mid West regions of the state. [1] At the highest point, near Womerangee Hill, the top of the cliffs are 250 m (820 ft) above the sea. [2] They are named after a trading ship of the Dutch East India Company, the Zuytdorp, that was wrecked against the cliffs in 1712. [3] [4]