GEOG 110: Chapter 14 Landform Features
Tanami Desert
A desert in northern Australia located primarily in the Northern Territory. It is Australia's third largest desert.
Great Australian Bight
A large bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
New Britain
A large island east located in the Bismarck Archipelago east of New Guinea.
Tasmania
A large island off the southern coast of Australia.
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
A large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. It is sacred to the Aboriginal peoples of the area.
Nullarbor Plain
A large, flat plain in southern Australia along the Great Australian Bight. It is the world's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock.
Gulf of Carpentaria
A large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea.
Darling Range
A low north-south running escarpment in southwestern Australia.
Bismarck Range
A mountain range in central Papua New Guinea.
Owen Stanley Range
A mountain range in eastern Papua New Guinea.
Southern Alps
A mountain range running the length of New Zealand's South Island.
Hamersley Range
A mountainous region in the western part of the state of Western Australia.
Snowy Mountains
A range within the southern portion of the Great Dividing Range, they are Australias highest mountain range.
Tasman Sea
A sea of the Pacific Ocean located between Australia and New Zealand.
Coral Sea
A sea of the Pacific Ocean located off the northeastern coast of Australia.
Arafura Sea
A sea of the Pacific Ocean lying between Australia and the island of New Guinea.
Timor Sea
A sea of the Pacific Ocean lying between Australia and the island of TImor.
Solomon Sea
A sea of the Pacific Ocean lying between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Great Dividing Range
A series of mountain ranges, plateaus, upland areas and escarpment running the entire length of Australia's eastern coast.
Geographe Bay
A small bay in southwestern Australia.
Cook Strait
A strait between New Zealand's North Island and South Island; it connects the Tasman Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
Torres Strait
A strait separating Australia from the island of New Guinea, connecting the Arafura Sea and the Coral Sea.
Bass Strait
A strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland, it connects the Indian Ocean to the Tasman Sea.
Caroline Islands
A widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between Palau in the west and the Federated States of Micronesia in the east.
Loyalty Islands
An archipelago in the Coral Sea east of Australia that comprise the French territory of New Caledonia.
Mariana Islands
An archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. The northern portion of the islands is the U.S. commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and the island of Guam is at the southern end of the chain.
Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre)
An intermittent lake that is Australia's lowest point and, when it fills, is Australia's largest lake; the name was officially changed in 2012 to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
New Hebrides Islands
An island group in the South Pacific that forms the country of Vanuatu.
Gibson Desert
Australia's 5th largest desert; it is located in the east-central part of the state of Western Australia.
Simpson Desert
Australia's fourth largest desert, it is located in the central portion of the country (primarily in southern Northern Territory) and is the world's largest sand dune desert.
Great Victoria Desert
Australia's largest desert. It is located in the western and southern parts of the country.
Murray River
Australia's longest river; it is located in the southeastern portion of the country
Great Sandy Desert
Australia's second largest desert. It is located in the northwestern part of the country.
Gulf St. Vincent
The easternmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia in the state of South Australia. The city of Adelaide lies on the gulf.
Mount Cook (Aoraki)
The highest mountain (12,218 ft) in New Zealand.
Mount Wilhelm
The highest mountain (14,793 ft) in Papua New Guinea and in the Australia/Oceania region.
Mount Kosciuszko
The highest mountain (7,310 ft) in Australia.
North Island
The northerly of New Zealand's two main islands.
South Island
The southerly of New Zealand's two main islands.
Spencer Gulf
The westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia in the state of South Australia.
Great Artesian Basin
The world's largest and deepest artesian basin, located in east-central Australia.
New Guinea
The world's second largest island (after Greenland) located north of Australia.
Great Barrier Reef
the world's largest coral reef system. It stretches 1,600 miles in the Coral Sea just off the northeast coast of Australia.
Bismarck Archipelago
A group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean.
Cape York Peninsula
A large peninsula located in northeastern Australia.
Mount Ruapehu
One of the world's most active volcanoes, it is located on New Zealand's North Island.
Botany Bay
A small bay in southeastern Australia; Sydney is located on the bay.
Bay of Plenty
A bay located on the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island.