List of mountains in Australia explained

This is a list of mountains in Australia.

Highest points by state and territory

States and Territories of Australia[1]
State / TerritoryHighest pointElevation Notes
mft
Ashmore and Cartier IslandsCartier Island5m (16feet)[2]
Australian Antarctic TerritoryDome A4093m (13,428feet)[3] [4] [5]
Australian Capital TerritoryBimberi Peak1913m (6,276feet)
Christmas IslandMurray Hill361m (1,184feet)[6]
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsSouth Island9m (30feet)[7]
Coral Sea IslandsHeralds-Beacon Islet, Mellish Reef1.5m (04.9feet)[8]
Heard Island and McDonald IslandsMawson Peak2745m (9,006feet)the summit of the Big Ben massif
Jervis Bay TerritoryCape St George, Booderee National Park164m (538feet)
New South WalesMount Kosciuszko2228m (7,310feet)
Norfolk IslandMount Bates319m (1,047feet)
Northern TerritoryMount Zeil1531m (5,023feet)
QueenslandMount Bartle Frere1622m (5,322feet)
South AustraliaNgarutjaranya1435m (4,708feet)
TasmaniaMount Ossa1614m (5,295feet)
VictoriaMount Bogong1986m (6,516feet)
Western AustraliaMount Meharry1253m (4,111feet)

List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence

This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these peaks are the highest point in their areas.

[9] [10] [11] [12]

Australian Capital Territory

See main article: List of mountains in the Australian Capital Territory.

The following is a list of mountains and prominent hills in the Australian Capital Territory in order, from the highest peak to the lowest peak, for those mountains and hills with an elevation above :

OrderHighest peakRange /
nature reserve
Elevation ImageNotes
mft
1Bimberi PeakBrindabella Ranges,
Great Dividing Range
1913m (6,276feet)[13]
2Mount Gingera1857m (6,093feet)The most prominent snow-covered peak to be seen from Canberra in winter.[14]
3Mount Kelly1814m (5,951feet)
4Mount Scabby1790m (5,870feet)
5Mount Namadgi1782m (5,846feet)
6Ginger Ale1766m (5,794feet)
7Mount Ginini1762m (5,781feet)[15]
8Mount Burbidge1730m (5,680feet)
9Mount Gudgenby1719m (5,640feet)
10Sentry Box Mountain1718m (5,636feet)
11Little Bimberi1654m (5,427feet)
12Mount Franklin1646m (5,400feet)[16]
13Mavis Ridge1618m (5,308feet)
14Mount McKeahnie1588m (5,210feet)
15Mount Tidbinbilla1583m (5,194feet)
16The Pimple1501m (4,925feet)
17Mount MajuraCanberra Nature Park890m (2,920feet)
18Mount Taylor856m (2,808feet)
19Tuggeranong Hill855m (2,805feet)
20Mount Ainslie842m (2,762feet)
21Black Mountain812m (2,664feet)
22Mount Wanniassa809m (2,654feet)
23Mount Stromlo770m (2,530feet)

South Australia

Eyre Peninsula

Flinders Ranges

Gammon Ranges

  • Gammon Ranges
    • Benbonyathe Hill, at
    • Mount McKinlay (Wayanha), at
    • Gammon Hill, at
    • Freeling Heights, at
    • Mount Serle, at
    • Mount Rowe, at
    • Mount John Roberts, at
    • Cleft Peak, at
    • Mount Painter, at
    • The Armchair, at

Gawler Ranges

Mount Lofty Ranges

Musgrave Ranges

  • Musgrave Ranges
    • Mount Woodroffe, at (highest peak in SA)
    • Mount Charles, at
    • Mount Morris, at
    • Mount Whinham, at
    • Mount Berry, at
    • Mount Woodward, at
    • Mount Edwin, at
    • Mount Spec (Kali-Kalinya), at
    • Mount Davenport, at
    • Mount Everard (Uwalinyi), at
    • Mount Kintore, at
    • McNamara Hill (Marnilytjanya), at
    • Mount Hardy, at
    • Mount Davies, at
    • Ayliffe Hill (Altjinytjanya), at
    • Mount Caroline (Ulkiyanya), at
    • Mount Cuthbert (Atarkanya), at
    • Mount Cooparinna, at
    • Dulgunja Hill, at
    • Gosse Pile, at

Tasmania

OrderHighest peakRange /
nature reserve
Elevation ImageNotes
mft
1Mount OssaDu Cane1617m (5,305feet)[37]
2 Legges TorBen Lomond1572m (5,157feet)[38] [39] [40]
3Giblin PeakBen Lomond1569m (5,148feet)[41] [42]
4 Mount Pelion WestPelion1560m (5,120feet)[43] [44]
5 Barn BluffCradle Cirque -
Bluff Cirque
1559m (5,115feet)[45] [46]
6 Cradle Mountain1545m (5,069feet)[47] [48]
7 Markham HeightsBen Lomond1542m (5,059feet)
8 Hamilton CragsBen Lomond1540m (5,050feet)
9 Smithies Peak1527m (5,010feet)[49]
Stacks BluffBen Lomond1527m (5,010feet)[50] [51]
11 unnamed peakDu Cane1520m (4,990feet)
12 Mount Geryon NorthDu Cane1516m (4,974feet)
13 Mount MassifDu Cane1514m (4,967feet)[52] [53]
14 Misery BluffBen Lomond1510m (4,950feet)
15 Mount Geryon SouthDu Cane1509m (4,951feet)
King Davids Peak1509m (4,951feet)
17 Ossian’s ThroneBen Lomond1498m (4,915feet)
Coalmine CragBen Lomond1498m (4,915feet)
19Mount GouldDu Cane1485m (4,872feet)[54]
20Castle CragDu Cane1482m (4,862feet)
Mount ThetisDu Cane1482m (4,862feet)[55]
22The AcropolisDu Cane1481m (4,859feet)[56] [57]
23Mount Hyperion1480m (4,860feet)
24Magnet CragBen Lomond1464m (4,803feet)
25Mount Pelion EastPelion1461m (4,793feet)
26Mount Jerusalem1459m (4,787feet)[58]
27Mount Olympus1449m (4,754feet)
Cumner Bluff1449m (4,754feet)
29Mount Gell1447m (4,747feet)[59]
30Solomons Throne1446m (4,744feet)
Frenchmans Cap1446m (4,744feet)[60]
32Ironstone MountainGreat Western
Tiers
1443m (4,734feet)[61]
33Eldon PeakEldon Range1440m (4,720feet)[62]
34Mount Field West1434m (4,705feet)
35Mersey CragBen Lomond1432m (4,698feet)
36Walled Mountain1431m (4,695feet)
37Mount Anne1425m (4,675feet)
38Western Bluff1420m (4,660feet)
Barrow Mountain1420m (4,660feet)
40Mount Rufus1416m (4,646feet)
41Macs Mountain1413m (4,636feet)
42Mount Emmett1410m (4,630feet)
43Fisher Bluff1408m (4,619feet)
44Twin Spires1406m (4,613feet)
Mount Barrow1406m (4,613feet)[63]
46Mount Hugel1403m (4,603feet)
47Cathedral MountainCathedral1387m (4,551feet)
48Mount Achilles1363m (4,472feet)
49Mount Ragoona1350m (4,430feet)
50Mount Mawson1300m (4,300feet)
51Mount MurchisonWest Coast1275m (4,183feet)[64]
52Kunanyi /
Mount Wellington
Wellington1269m (4,163feet)[65] [66]
53Hartz PeakHartz1255m (4,117feet)
Mother Cummings
Peak
1255m (4,117feet)
55Forty Lake Peak1248m (4,094feet)
56Mount Roland1234m (4,049feet)
57Quamby Bluff1228m (4,029feet)
58 Adamsons Peak1225m (4,019feet)
59 Federation PeakArthur1224m (4,016feet)
60Artillery Knob1216m (3,990feet)
61Mount Victoria1207m (3,960feet)
62Interview Pinnacle1200m (3,900feet)
63Mount GeikieTyndall1191m (3,907feet)[67] [68]
64Mount Arthur1188m (3,898feet)[69]
65Mount TyndallTyndall1179m (3,868feet)
66Mount JukesWest Coast1168m (3,832feet)[70]
67Mount SedgwickWest Coast1147m (3,763feet)
68Mount OwenWest Coast1146m (3,760feet)[71]
69Mount SorellWest Coast1144m (3,753feet)[72]
70Mount DundasWest Coast1143m (3,750feet)[73]
71Mount ReadWest Coast1123m (3,684feet)[74]
72Proprietary PeakWest Coast1103m (3,619feet)
73Pyramid PeakWest Coast1080m (3,540feet)[75]
unnamed peakSticht1080m (3,540feet)
75West Jukes PeakWest Coast1062m (3,484feet)
76Mount DarwinWest Coast1033m (3,389feet)
77South Jukes PeakWest Coast1014m (3,327feet)
78Mount HamiltonWest Coast1005m (3,297feet)[76]
79Mount BlackWest Coast950m (3,120feet)
80Victoria PeakWest Coast949m (3,114feet)
81Mount HuxleyWest Coast926m (3,038feet)
82Mount LyellWest Coast917m (3,009feet)
83Mount StrahanWest Coast855m (2,805feet)[77]
84Mount JuliaWest Coast843m (2,766feet)
85South Darwin PeakWest Coast780m (2,560feet)
86Mount SelinaWest Coast760m (2,490feet)
87Mount MunroFurneaux715m (2,346feet)
88Mount FarrellWest Coast711m (2,333feet)
89Mount HamiltonMacquarie Island433m (1,421feet)
align=center-Mount Bischoff
align=center-Mount Pleasant

Western Australia

Northern Territory

OrderHighest peakRange /
nature reserve
Elevation ImageNotes
mft
1Mount ZeilMacDonnell Ranges1531m (5,023feet)
2Mount Giles1389m (4,557feet)
3Mount Sonder1380m (4,530feet)
4Mount Liebig1274m (4,180feet)[88]
5Mount PalmerHart Range1117m (3,665feet)[89]
6Kata Tjuta/Mount OlgaUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park1066m (3,497feet)[90]
7Uluru863m (2,831feet)[91]
8Mount Conner859m (2,818feet)
9Central Mount StuartGeorgina Basin846m (2,776feet)
10Chambers PillarChambers Pillar Historical Reserve
11Mount Hermannsburg

Notes and References

  1. References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.
  2. Web site: Australia - Oceania :: Ashmore and Cartier Islands — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. www.cia.gov. 6 June 2022 .
  3. Web site: Australian Antarctic Territory. Geoscience Australia. 22 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100419021109/http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/dimensions/external-territories/aus-antartic-territory.jsp. 19 April 2010. 2 July 2020.
  4. Book: Gildea, Damien. Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing in the Frozen South. Damien Gildea. Primento Digital Publishing. 2015. 978-2-5110-3134-6.
  5. Book: Trewby, Mary. Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton. Firefly Books. 2002. 978-1-5529-7590-9. 65.
  6. Web site: Christmas Island. World Factbook. CIA. 2010. 2010-12-26.
  7. Web site: Profile. shire.cc.
  8. Web site: HERALD'S BEACON ISLET | Marine World Database . Anchorageworld.com . 2012-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707140123/http://www.anchorageworld.com/content/heralds-beacon-islet . 7 July 2011 . dead .
  9. Web site: Australia P600 Summits - peaklist.org. www.peaklist.org.
  10. Web site: Tasmania P600 Summits - peaklist.org. www.peaklist.org.
  11. Web site: Mainland Australia Peaks with 600 m of Prominence - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
  12. Web site: Tasmania Peaks with 600 m of Prominence - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
  13. Web site: Bimberi Peak, Australia. Peakbagger.com. 10 October 2013.
  14. 11591. Mount Gingera, Australia.
  15. 11589. Mount Ginini, Australia.
  16. 11588. Mount Franklin, Australia.
  17. Web site: Didhol (Pigeon House Mountain). South Coast of NSW. Morningside web publishers. 9 October 2013.
  18. Web site: Werrikimbe & WilliWilli National Parks. 11 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912231838/http://www.midnorthcoastnsw.com.au/documents/Werrikimbe%20%26%20WilliWilli%20National%20Parks%202006.pdf. 12 September 2009. dead.
  19. Web site: Map of Brown Mountain, NSW. Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 14 May 2013 .
  20. Web site: Summit Data. parksnpeaks.org.
  21. Web site: Australia P600 Summits - peaklist.org. peaklist.org.
  22. Web site: The Nightcap Range. The Hamlet of Rosebank. 10 May 2015. 18 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074753/http://rosebank.ws/nightcap-range.html. dead.
  23. 11624 . List of mountains in Australia.
  24. Web site: Geoscience Basics - Geoscience Australia . Ga.gov.au . 2010-11-18 . 2012-08-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050617084805/http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/landforms/highmtns.htm . 17 June 2005 .
  25. Web site: Climbing Australia's Highest Peaks . Climbing Australia's Highest Mountains . Aussie10.com . 2012-08-05.
  26. 2009-05-24.
  27. Dunn, John. Ingram, Peter. Ulandra Nature Reserve Plan of Management. . February 1994. 15. 2009-05-24.
  28. Web site: Mount Coolum | Sunshine Coast Property | Real Estate News for Sunshine Coast, Australia . Sunshine Coast Daily . 2008-03-22 . 2012-08-05.
  29. 11566 . List of mountains in Australia.
  30. 11565 . List of mountains in Australia.
  31. Web site: About Main Range, Goomburra, Queen Mary Falls . Department of Environment and Resource Management . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711111026/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/main-range/about.html . 11 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  32. 11548 . List of mountains in Australia.
  33. Web site: Radar Images . Mirror.bom.gov.au . 2012-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090516070933/http://mirror.bom.gov.au/weather/radar/info/QLD.info.shtml . 16 May 2009 . dead .
  34. 11546 . List of mountains in Australia.
  35. Web site: Climbing the Highest Mountain in each Australian State and Territory . State8.net . 2012-08-05.
  36. Web site: Search results for 'Mount Arden, MT' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 5 January 2022.
  37. 11516. Mount Ossa, Australia. 2014-02-02.
  38. Web site: Legges Tor . Placenames Tasmania . Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Government of Tasmania.
  39. Web site: LISTmap (Legges Tor) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 14 January 2008 .
  40. 11507 . Legges Tor, Australia . meters . 5 June 2015 .
  41. Web site: LISTmap (Giblin Peak) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 5 June 2015 .
  42. 34574 . Giblin Peak, Australia . meters . 5 June 2015 .
  43. Web site: LISTmap (Mount Pelion West) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 14 January 2008 .
  44. 11513 . Mount Pelion West, Australia . meters . 6 June 2015 .
  45. Web site: LISTmap (Barn Bluff) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 10 October 2007 .
  46. 11510 . Barn Bluff, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  47. Web site: LISTmap (Cradle Mountain) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 19 June 2007 .
  48. 11509 . Cradle Mountain, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  49. 34578 . Smithies Tower, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  50. Web site: LISTmap (Stacks Bluff) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 25 March 2008 .
  51. 11508 . Stacks Bluff, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  52. Web site: LISTmap (Mount Massif) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 25 March 2008 .
  53. 11519 . Mount Massif, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  54. 11523 . Mount Gould, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  55. 11515 . Mount Thetis, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  56. Web site: LISTmap (The Acropolis) . . Department of Primary Industries and Water . 9 February 2010 .
  57. 11521 . The Acropolis, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  58. 11512 . Mount Jerusalem, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  59. 11526 . Mount Gell, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  60. 11529 . Frenchmans Cap, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  61. Book: Lloyd, Sarah. The edge, a natural history of Tasmania's Great Western Tiers. 978-0-646-57082-2. Friends of Jacky's Marsh Inc. 2012. 1.
  62. 34580 . Eldon Peak, Australia . meters . 9 June 2015 .
  63. 11505. Mount Barrow, Australia. 1 July 2015.
  64. 34607 . Mount Murchison, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  65. 11535 . Mount Wellington, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  66. News: Tasmanian dual naming policy announced atop Kunanyi. 13 March 2013. 20 November 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  67. 23618 . Mount Geikie, Australia . meters . 7 June 2015 .
  68. Web site: LISTmap (Mount Geikie) . Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water . 25 March 2008 .
  69. 34592. Mount Arthur, Australia. 1 July 2015.
  70. 34585 . Mount Jukes, Australia . meters . 17 June 2015 .
  71. 34588 . Mount Owen, Australia . meters . 16 June 2015 .
  72. 34597 . Mount Sorell, Australia . meters . 17 June 2015 .
  73. 23604 . Mount Dundas, Australia . meters . 17 June 2015 .
  74. 23626 . Mount Read, Australia . meters . 16 June 2015 .
  75. Web site: Tasmanian Peak-Baggers' Guide . Hobart Walking Club Inc. . 2013 . 21 June 2015.
  76. 23625 . Mount Hamilton, Australia . meters . 18 June 2015 .
  77. The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants . 1–13 . 0080-4703 . Baillie, Peter . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 144 . 2010 . . Hobart, Tasmania . 10.26749/rstpp.144.1 . 126902525 . reprint . 18 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150616083904/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf . 16 June 2015 . dead .
  78. 11629 . Mount Bogong, Australia.
  79. 11635 . Feathertop, Australia.
  80. 11638 . Mount Hotham, Australia.
  81. 11634 . Mount McKay, Australia.
  82. Web site: Mount Buggery. Mapcarta. 11 July 2014.
  83. Web site: Map of Mount Buggery, VIC. Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 11 July 2014.
  84. Web site: Map of Mount Selwyn, VIC . Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia . 21 January 2014.
  85. 11645 . Mount Donna Buang, Australia.
  86. Web site: Map of Mount Buggery, VIC. Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 11 July 2014.
  87. Web site: Grampians National Park Update . parkweb.vic.gov.a .
  88. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11461 Mt. Liebig at www.peakbagger.com
  89. Web site: Mica Mines in the Mount Palmer Environs. Northern Territory. Government. 31 May 2016. fossicking.nt.gov.au.
  90. http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/visitor-guide.pdf Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Visitors Guide
  91. Book: Welcome to Aboriginal land: Uluṟu–Kata Tjuṯa National Park – Visitor guide and maps . Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources . Canberra . October 2005 . 3 April 2007 . 754614279 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081030134047/http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/visitor-guide.pdf . 30 October 2008.