Extreme points of Australia - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the extreme points of Australia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent.

Australia (mainland)

• Northernmost Point — Cape York, Queensland (10°41'S)
• Southernmost Point — Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (39°08'S)
• Westernmost Point — Steep Point, Western Australia (113°09'E)
• Easternmost Point — Cape Byron, New South Wales (146°22'E)

Australia (country, including islands)

• Northernmost Point — Boigu Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
• Southernmost Point — Macquarie Island, Tasmania ¹
• Westernmost Point — Flat Island, McDonald Islands ²
• Easternmost Point — Norfolk Island

Australian Antarctic Territory

• Westernmost Point — (45°00'E)
• Easternmost Point — (160°00'E)
• Southernmost Point — South Pole

Oceania ³

• Northernmost Point — Kure Atoll, Hawaii, United States
• Southernmost Point — Macquarie Island, Tasmania
• Westernmost Point — Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia
• Easternmost Point — Easter Island

¹ The southernmost point of the main island group is South East Cape, Tasmania.

² The westernmost point of the main island group is Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia

³ Oceania, for the purposes of this article, is defined as Australia (not including outlying islands in the Indian Ocean such as the McDonald Islands), Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

See also

• Geography of Australia
• Extreme points of the world