This is a list of mountains in Australia.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
State / Territory | Highest point | Elevation AHD | Notes | |
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m | ft | |||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Cartier Island | 5 | 16 | [2] |
Australian Antarctic Territory | Dome A | 4,093 | 13,428 | [3][4][5] |
Australian Capital Territory | Bimberi Peak | 1,913 | 6,276 | |
Christmas Island | Murray Hill | 361 | 1,184 | [6] |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | South Island | 9 | 30 | [7] |
Coral Sea Islands | Heralds-Beacon Islet, Mellish Reef | 1.5 | 4 ft 11 in | [8] |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak | 2,745 | 9,006 | the summit of the Big Ben massif |
Jervis Bay Territory | Cape St George, Booderee National Park | 164 | 538 | |
New South Wales | Mount Kosciuszko | 2,228 | 7,310 | |
Norfolk Island | Mount Bates | 319 | 1,047 | |
Northern Territory | Mount Zeil | 1,531 | 5,023 | |
Queensland | Mount Bartle Frere | 1,622 | 5,322 | |
South Australia | Mount Woodroffe | 1,435 | 4,708 | |
Tasmania | Mount Ossa | 1,614 | 5,295 | |
Victoria | Mount Bogong | 1,986 | 6,516 | |
Western Australia | Mount Meharry | 1,253 | 4,111 |
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.
Peak | Absolute height (m) |
Topographic prominence (m) |
Prominence parent | State | Location | |
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1 | Mount Kosciuszko | 2228 | 2228 | none — HP Australia | NSW | HP New South Wales, Snowy Mountains |
2 | Mount Ossa | 1617 | 1617 | none — HP Tasmania | TAS | HP Tasmania, Central Highlands |
3 | Mount Bartle Frere | 1622 | 1327 | Mount Kosciuszko | QLD | HP Queensland, Bellenden Ker Range, Cairns |
4 | Mount Zeil | 1531 | 1322 | Mount Bartle Frere | NT | HP Northern Territory, MacDonnell Ranges |
5 | Legges Tor | 1574 | 1297 | Mount Ossa | TAS | Ben Lomond Range |
6 | Bellenden Ker | 1590 | 1240 | Mount Bartle Frere | QLD | Bellenden Ker Range |
7 | Mount Bogong | 1986 | 1233 | Mount Kosciuszko | VIC | HP Victoria, Victorian Alps |
8 | Mount Elliot | 1235 | 1187 | Mount Bartle Frere | QLD | Townsville |
9 | Mount Bowen | 1121 | 1121 | none — HP Hinchinbrook Island | QLD | Hinchinbrook Island |
10 | Brumlow Top | 1600 | 1112 | Mount Kosciuszko | NSW | Barrington Tops |
11 | Thornton Peak | 1351 | 1089 | Mount Bartle Frere | QLD | Daintree |
12 | Mount Picton | 1327 | 1024 | Mount Ossa | TAS | Southwest National Park |
13 | St Mary Peak | 1168 | 1024 | Flinders | SA | Flinders Ranges |
14 | Mount William | 1270 | 1008 | Mount Bartle Frere | QLD | Clarke Range, Mackay |
15 | Bell Peak North | 1026 | 1008 | Bellenden Ker | QLD | Grey Peaks National Park, Cairns |
16 | Mount Carbine Tableland | 1383 | 1000 | Bellenden Ker | QLD | Daintree |
17 | Mount Field West | 1434 | 980 | Mount Ossa | TAS | Mount Field National Park |
18 | Frenchmans Cap | 1445 | 962 | Mount Ossa | TAS | Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park |
19 | Mount Anne | 1425 | 960 | Mount Ossa | TAS | Southwest National Park |
20 | Mount Warning | 1155 | 948 | Brumlow Top | NSW | Tweed Range |
21 | Mount Woodroffe | 1435 | 945 | Mount Zeil | SA | HP South Australia, Musgrave Ranges |
22 | Snowy South | 1393 | 923 | Mount Anne | TAS | Snowy Range |
23 | Mount Jukes | 1168 | 911 | Frenchmans Cap | TAS | West Coast Range |
24 | Consuelo Tableland | 1251 | 906 | Mount William | QLD | Carnarvon National Park |
25 | Mount William | 1167 | 892 | Grampians | VIC | Grampians National Park |
27 | Mount Gower | 875 | 875 | none — HP Lord Howe Island | NSW | Lord Howe Island |
28 | Mount Finnigan | 1148 | 870 | Thornton Peak | QLD | Far North Queensland |
29 | Mount Abbot | 1056 | 870 | Mount Elliot | QLD | Bowen |
30 | Mount Kaputar | 1509 | 859 | Brumlow Top | NSW | Nandewar Range |
31 | Bluff Knoll | 1099 | 854 | Mount Woodroffe | WA | Stirling Range |
32 | Mount Buller | 1805 | 844 | Mount Buller | VIC | Victorian Alps |
33 | Hartz Peak | 1254 | 838 | Mount Picton | TAS | Hartz Mountains |
34 | Mount Meharry | 1250 | 835 | Mount Woodroffe | WA | HP Western Australia |
35 | Mount Superbus | 1381 | 821 | Brumlow Top | QLD | South East Queensland |
36 | Mount Bithongabel | 1200 | 819 | Brumlow Top | QLD/NSW | Macpherson Range, Lamington National Park |
37 | HP Blue Mountains | 1058 | 809 | Mount William | QLD | Isaac Region, nr Mackay |
38 | Mount Weld | 1344 | 805 | Snowy South | TAS | Southwest National Park |
39 | Mount Barrow | 1414 | 796 | Legges Tor | TAS | Tasmanian Northern Slopes, nr Launceston |
40 | Propsting Range | 875 | 795 | Mount Anne | TAS | Southwest National Park |
41 | Mount Dryander | 820 | 793 | Mount William | QLD | Whitsunday Region |
42 | Federation Peak | 1224 | 785 | Mount Picton | TAS | Southwest National Park, Arthur Range |
43 | HP Normanby Range | 805 | 777 | HP Blue Mountains | QLD | Shoalwater Bay |
44 | Mount Owen | 1146 | 774 | Mount Jukes | TAS | West Coast Range, nr Queenstown |
45 | Clear Hill | 1198 | 768 | Mount Field West | TAS | Lake Gordon |
46 | Strzelecki Peaks | 764 | 764 | none - HP Flinders Island | TAS | Strzelecki National Park, Flinders Island |
47 | Frankland Peak | 1060 | 749 | Mount Anne | TAS | Southwest National Park, Frankland Range |
48 | Round Mountain | 1586 | 746 | Brumlow Top | NSW | New England, Northern Tablelands |
49 | Mount Latrobe | 755 | 741 | Mount Buller | VIC | Wilsons Promontory, Gippsland |
50 | Mount Barney | 1354 | 733 | Mount Superbus | QLD | Scenic Rim, South East Queensland |
51 | St Pauls Dome | 1030 | 728 | Legges Tor | TAS | Fingal Valley, South Esk River |
52 | Mount Buffalo | 1723 | 722 | Mount Buffalo | VIC | Victorian Alps |
53 | Mount Bindo | 1352 | NSW | topo Hampton City of Lithgow | ||
54 | Mount Trickett | 1362 | NSW | topo Edith Oberon Shire |
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 750 metres (2,460 ft) AHD :
Order | Highest peak | Range / nature reserve |
Elevation AHD | Image | Notes | |
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m | ft | |||||
1 | Bimberi Peak | Brindabella Ranges, Great Dividing Range |
1,913 | 6,276 | [13] | |
2 | Mount Gingera | 1,857 | 6,093 | The most prominent snow-covered peak to be seen from Canberra in winter.[14] | ||
3 | Mount Kelly | 1,814 | 5,951 | |||
4 | Mount Scabby | 1,790 | 5,873 | |||
5 | Mount Namadgi | 1,782 | 5,846 | |||
6 | Ginger Ale | 1,766 | 5,794 | |||
7 | Mount Ginini | 1,762 | 5,781 | [15] | ||
8 | Mount Burbidge | 1,730 | 5,676 | |||
9 | Mount Gudgenby | 1,719 | 5,640 | |||
10 | Sentry Box Mountain | 1,718 | 5,636 | |||
11 | Little Bimberi | 1,654 | 5,427 | |||
12 | Mount Franklin | 1,646 | 5,400 | [16] | ||
13 | Mavis Ridge | 1,618 | 5,308 | |||
14 | Mount McKeahnie | 1,588 | 5,210 | |||
15 | Mount Tidbinbilla | 1,583 | 5,194 | |||
16 | The Pimple | 1,501 | 4,925 | |||
17 | Mount Majura | Canberra Nature Park | 890 | 2,920 | ||
18 | Mount Taylor | 856 | 2,808 | |||
19 | Tuggeranong Hill | 855 | 2,805 | |||
20 | Mount Ainslie | 842 | 2,762 | |||
21 | Black Mountain | 812 | 2,664 | |||
22 | Mount Wanniassa | 809 | 2,654 | |||
23 | Mount Stromlo | 770 | 2,526 |
Barrington Tops
Blue Mountains
Budawang Range
Gibraltar Range
Great Dividing Range
Central Tablelands
Mid North Coast region
Monaro region
Illawarra escarpment
Liverpool Range
Lord Howe Island
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McPherson Range
Moonbi Range
Nandewar Range
New England Tableland
Nightcap Range
Snowy Mountains
Sugarloaf Range
Tweed Range
Warrumbungles
Other mountains
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South East Queensland
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Central and North Queensland
Darling Downs
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Eyre Peninsula
Flinders Ranges
Gammon Ranges
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Gawler Ranges
Mount Lofty Ranges
Musgrave Ranges
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Order | Highest peak | Range / nature reserve |
Elevation AHD | Image | Notes | |
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m | ft | |||||
1 | Mount Ossa | Du Cane | 1,617 | 5,305 | [25][39] | |
2 | Legges Tor | Ben Lomond | 1,572 | 5,157 | [40][41][42][43] | |
3 | Giblin Peak | Ben Lomond | 1,569 | 5,148 | [44][45][46] | |
4 | Mount Pelion West | Pelion | 1,560 | 5,118 | [47][48][49] | |
5 | Barn Bluff | Cradle Cirque - Bluff Cirque |
1,559 | 5,115 | [50][51][52] | |
6 | Cradle Mountain | 1,545 | 5,069 | [53][54][55] | ||
7 | Markham Heights | Ben Lomond | 1,542 | 5,059 | [56] | |
8 | Hamilton Crags | Ben Lomond | 1,540 | 5,052 | ||
9 | Smithies Peak | 1,527 | 5,010 | [57][58] | ||
Stacks Bluff | Ben Lomond | 1,527 | 5,010 | [59][60][61] | ||
11 | unnamed peak | Du Cane | 1,520 | 4,987 | [62] | |
12 | Mount Geryon North | Du Cane | 1,516 | 4,974 | [63] | |
13 | Mount Massif | Du Cane | 1,514 | 4,967 | [64][65][66] | |
14 | Misery Bluff | Ben Lomond | 1,510 | 4,954 | ||
15 | Mount Geryon South | Du Cane | 1,509 | 4,951 | [63] | |
King Davids Peak | 1,509 | 4,951 | [67] | |||
17 | Ossian’s Throne | Ben Lomond | 1,498 | 4,915 | ||
Coalmine Crag | Ben Lomond | 1,498 | 4,915 | |||
19 | Mount Gould | Du Cane | 1,485 | 4,872 | [68][69] | |
20 | Castle Crag | Du Cane | 1,482 | 4,862 | [70] | |
Mount Thetis | Du Cane | 1,482 | 4,862 | [71][72] | ||
22 | The Acropolis | Du Cane | 1,481 | 4,859 | [73][74][75] | |
23 | Mount Hyperion | 1,480 | 4,856 | |||
24 | Magnet Crag | Ben Lomond | 1,464 | 4,803 | ||
25 | Mount Pelion East | Pelion | 1,461 | 4,793 | [76] | |
26 | Mount Jerusalem | 1,459 | 4,787 | [77][78] | ||
27 | Mount Olympus | 1,449 | 4,754 | [79] | ||
Cumner Bluff | 1,449 | 4,754 | ||||
29 | Mount Gell | 1,447 | 4,747 | [80][81] | ||
30 | Solomons Throne | 1,446 | 4,744 | [82] | ||
Frenchmans Cap | 1,446 | 4,744 | [83][84] | |||
32 | Ironstone Mountain | Great Western Tiers |
1,443 | 4,734 | [85][86] | |
33 | Eldon Peak | Eldon Range | 1,440 | 4,724 | [87][88] | |
34 | Mount Field West | 1,434 | 4,705 | |||
35 | Mersey Crag | Ben Lomond | 1,432 | 4,698 | ||
36 | Walled Mountain | 1,431 | 4,695 | |||
37 | Mount Anne | 1,425 | 4,675 | |||
38 | Western Bluff | 1,420 | 4,659 | |||
Barrow Mountain | 1,420 | 4,659 | ||||
40 | Mount Rufus | 1,416 | 4,646 | |||
41 | Macs Mountain | 1,413 | 4,636 | |||
42 | Mount Emmett | 1,410 | 4,626 | |||
43 | Fisher Bluff | 1,408 | 4,619 | |||
44 | Twin Spires | 1,406 | 4,613 | |||
Mount Barrow | 1,406 | 4,613 | [89] | |||
46 | Mount Hugel | 1,403 | 4,603 | |||
47 | Cathedral Mountain | Cathedral | 1,387 | 4,551 | ||
48 | Mount Achilles | 1,363 | 4,472 | |||
49 | Mount Ragoona | 1,350 | 4,429 | |||
50 | Mount Mawson | 1,300 | 4,265 | |||
51 | Mount Murchison | West Coast | 1,275 | 4,183 | [90][91] | |
52 | Kunanyi / Mount Wellington |
Wellington | 1,269 | 4,163 | [92][93][94] | |
53 | Hartz Peak | Hartz | 1,255 | 4,117 | ||
Mother Cummings Peak |
1,255 | 4,117 | ||||
55 | Mount Roland | 1,234 | 4,049 | |||
56 | Quamby Bluff | 1,228 | 4,029 | |||
57 | Adamsons Peak | 1,225 | 4,019 | |||
58 | Federation Peak | Arthur | 1,224 | 4,016 | ||
59 | Artillery Knob | 1,216 | 3,990 | |||
60 | Mount Victoria | 1,207 | 3,960 | |||
61 | Interview Pinnacle | 1,200 | 3,937 | |||
62 | Mount Geikie | Tyndall | 1,191 | 3,907 | [95][96] | |
63 | Mount Arthur | 1,188 | 3,898 | [97] | ||
64 | Mount Tyndall | Tyndall | 1,179 | 3,868 | ||
65 | Mount Jukes | West Coast | 1,168 | 3,832 | [98] | |
66 | Mount Sedgwick | West Coast | 1,147 | 3,763 | [99] | |
67 | Mount Owen | West Coast | 1,146 | 3,760 | [100] | |
68 | Mount Sorell | West Coast | 1,144 | 3,753 | [101] | |
69 | Mount Dundas | West Coast | 1,143 | 3,750 | [102] | |
70 | Mount Read | West Coast | 1,123 | 3,684 | [103] | |
71 | Proprietary Peak | West Coast | 1,103 | 3,619 | ||
72 | Pyramid Peak | West Coast | 1,080 | 3,543 | [104][105] | |
unnamed peak | Sticht | 1,080 | 3,543 | [104][105] | ||
74 | West Jukes Peak | West Coast | 1,062 | 3,484 | ||
75 | Mount Darwin | West Coast | 1,033 | 3,389 | ||
76 | South Jukes Peak | West Coast | 1,014 | 3,327 | ||
77 | Mount Hamilton | West Coast | 1,005 | 3,297 | [106][107] | |
78 | Mount Black | West Coast | 950 | 3,117 | ||
79 | Victoria Peak | West Coast | 949 | 3,114 | [105][108] | |
80 | Mount Huxley | West Coast | 926 | 3,038 | [99] | |
81 | Mount Lyell | West Coast | 917 | 3,009 | ||
82 | Mount Strahan | West Coast | 855 | 2,805 | [99] | |
83 | Mount Julia | West Coast | 843 | 2,766 | [105][109] | |
84 | South Darwin Peak | West Coast | 780 | 2,559 | [105][110] | |
85 | Mount Selina | West Coast | 760 | 2,493 | [105][111] | |
86 | Mount Munro | Furneaux | 715 | 2,346 | ||
87 | Mount Farrell | West Coast | 711 | 2,333 | [105][112] | |
88 | Mount Hamilton | Macquarie Island | 433 | 1,421 | ||
- | Mount Bischoff | |||||
- | Mount Pleasant |
Victorian Alps
(1,241 m or 4,072 ft)
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Grampians
Other Victorian mountains
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Order | Highest peak | Range / nature reserve |
Elevation AHD | Image | Notes | |
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m | ft | |||||
1 | Mount Zeil | MacDonnell Ranges | 1,531 | 5,023 | [123] | |
2 | Mount Giles | 1,389 | 4,557 | |||
3 | Mount Sonder | 1,380 | 4,530 | [124] | ||
4 | Mount Liebig | 1,274 | 4,180 | [125] | ||
5 | Mount Palmer | Hart Range | 1,117 | 3,665 | [126] | |
6 | Kata Tjuta/Mount Olga | Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park | 1,066 | 3,497 | [127] | |
7 | Uluru | 863 | 2,831 | [128] | ||
8 | Mount Conner | 859 | 2,818 | [129] | ||
9 | Central Mount Stuart | Georgina Basin | 846 | 2,776 | [130] | |
10 | Chambers Pillar | Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve | ||||
11 | Mount Hermannsburg |
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