Map of Australia

Australia comes in an all-in-one package, a country, a big island, and the smallest continent. With an area of 7,617,930 km², it is slightly smaller than the continental United States (without Alaska). It is the sixth-largest country in the world, with only about 25.4 million inhabitants (in 2020).

Australia shares maritime borders with East Timor, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia (France).

Australia's general geographical features.

There are three distinct physiographic regions, from east to west, the East Australian Highlands, the Interior Lowlands, also known as Central Lowlands, with their three major basins, and the Western Plateau.

Two-thirds of continental Australia consists of the Western Plateau. 2.7 million km², about the size of Argentina, of arid or semi-arid land, covers large parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. Much of the Great Western Plateau is a virtually uninhabited desert that comes in various properties, conditions, and names. The spinifex dominated Great Sandy Desert, the rocky Tanami Desert, the gravel-covered Gibson Desert, which also has red sand plains and some isolated salt-water lakes. And there is Australia's biggest desert, the Great Victoria Desert. East of the Gibson Desert lies Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park with Australia's most famous natural icon, Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock.

South of the Great Victoria Desert and north of the Great Australian Bight lies the Nullarbor Plain, a semi-circular, flat, and in large parts treeless, arid region, nearly twice the size of Cuba.

In the northern part of Western Australia located is Kimberley, a region with steep-sided mountain ranges and a tropical monsoon climate, the region was named after the Kimberley diamond fields in South Africa.

 

General Map of Australia

The map shows mainland Australia and neighboring island countries with international borders, state boundaries, the national capital Canberra, state and territory capitals, major cities, main roads, railroads, and international airports.

Map shows the location of following Australian cities and towns:

Adelaide, Albany,  Alice Springs, Armidale, Aurukun, Balladonia, Ballarat, Bamaga, Barcaldine, Barkly Homestead, Bathurst, Bendigo, Biloela, Boulia, Bourke,  Brisbane, Broken Hill, Broome, Bunbury, Bundaberg, Cairns,  Canberra, Carnarvon, Ceduna, Central Coast, Charleville, Clermont, Cloncurry, Coffs Harbour, Coober Pedy, Cunnamulla, Dalby,  Darwin, Derby, Devonport, Doomadgee, Dubbo, Elliott, Emerald, Esperance, Exmouth, Geelong, Geraldton, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Goulburn, Hervey Bay,  Hobart, Hughenden, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalumburu, Karratha, Katherine, Kowanyama, Kulgera, Kununurra, La Grange, Launceston, Leonora, Lismore, Lombadina, Mackay, Mandurah, Marree, Maryborough, Meekatharra,  Melbourne, Mildura, Miles, Mount Gambier, Mount Isa, Newcastle, Newman, Nguiu, Normanton, Norseman, Northam, Nowra, Nyngan, Onslow, Orange,  Perth, Peterborough, Pine Creek, Port Hedland, Port Lincoln, Port Macquarie, Queanbeyan, Queenstown, Quilpie, Renmark, Rockhampton, Rockingham, Shepparton, Southern Cross, Sunshine Coast,  Sydney, Tamworth, Tarcoola, Tennant Creek, Thargomindah, Toowoomba, Townsville, Tweed Heads, Wagga Wagga, Warrnambool, Weipa, Whyalla, Wilcannia, Winton, Wollongong, Wyndham, Yarrie, and Yulara.