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The shallow lake is the depocentre of the vast endorheic Lake Eyre basin, and contains the lowest natural point in Australia, at approximately 15 m (49 ft) below sea level. On the rare occasions that it fills completely, it is the largest lake in Australia, covering an area of up to 9,500 km 2 (3,668 sq mi).
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 ...
Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve: 5,200 12,849: 18: Lake Dundas: Saline: Goldfields-Esperance: 19: Forrestdale Lake: Brackish seasonal groundwater: Perth: Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site: 245 605 [45] 20: Lake Gore: Seasonal freshwater: Goldfields-Esperance: Lake Gore Nature Reserve; Lake Gore Ramsar ...
lowest point in North America 2: Bombay Beach, California: United States: −69 m (−226 ft) ... Lake Eyre: Australia: −16 m (−52 ft) lowest land in Australia 2:
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.
With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km 2 (23,146 sq mi), [ 6][ 7] Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, [ 8] and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America. [ 9] In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth-largest continental ...
Mount Meharry (at 1,249 metres above sea level, the highest peak in Western Australia) Mount Bruce (1,221 m; the second highest peak in WA) Mount Nameless/Jarndunmunha 1,115 m. Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges, formerly King Leopold Ranges. Mount Lesueur.
Mount Kosciuszko (/ ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ-ee-USS-koh; [4] Ngarigo: Kunama Namadgi) [5] [6] is mainland Australia's tallest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level.It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crackenback and ...