Page 20 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Australia

18  INTRODUCING A USTR ALIA

Putting Australia on the Map

Australia lies in the southern hemisphere and
covers 7,692,024 sq km (2,969,907 sq miles) of land. Bathurst
Island
A continent, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to Darwin
the east and the Indian Ocean to the west. More than
80 per cent of its 24 million people reside along the Timor
Sea
coastline with its more hospitable climate. The Katherine
capital, Canberra, is in the Australian Capital a n
Territory (ACT), but the most populous city e Wyndham
is Sydney. Tasmania, an island state, O c Vi ict
ct
lies 240 km (150 miles) off the Ord Victoria
ri i
southern tip of the Derby
Victoria
country, across the Broome
I n d i a n
Bass Strait. Fi Fi F tz tz t r zr z oy
ro o
roy
Port Hedland
Karratha
Lake Mackay
Newman Lake Disappointment

Carnarvon
Uluru
_
(Ayers Rock)yers Rock)yers Rock)
(A
Shark Bay WESTERN (A
(Monkey Mia)
AUSTRALIA
Geraldton

Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Perth
Fremantle
Great
Australian Bight
Esperance
Augusta
Cape
Leeuwin Albany
NORTH
KOREA JAPANPANP
PAKISTAN TA T SOUTH P ACIFIC
CHINA
KOREA
Key BHUTANTANT
INDIA T T TAIAIWANWANW OCEAN
Highway MYANMAR
THAILAND PHILIPPINES
Major road CAMBODIA MARSHALL
ISLANDS
Railway MALDIVES MALAYSIAAYSIAA MICRONESIA
PAPUA
State border NEW
INDONESIA GUINEA
SOLOMON
INDIAN ISLANDS
OCEAN VANANUATUATUA
V V
FIJI
NEW
A USTRALIA CALEDONIA
Southeast Asia ZEALAND
NEW
and the Pacific Rim
For additional map symbols see back flap