Submarine Canyons
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Submarine Canyons The shape, geometry and character of the seabed, collectively referred to as bathymetry, has a major impact on the worth of this Exclusive Economic Zone. In all but a few cases, the continental shelf margin extends outwards from the coast, until sloping away at a markedly steep […]
Blowhole
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Waterfalls
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Rocks
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Rocks The formation of our first earthly minerals occurred during the Hadean Eon, as the first rocks cooled on the planetary surface. The oldest-known terrestrial material discovered are zircon crystals, found in rocks belonging to the Jack Hills and Mount Narryer in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. Map of Jack […]
Volcanoes
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Glacier
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Centres to Australia
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS The Centres of Australia Officially, there is no ordained actual ‘centre of Australia’ although many have tried to affix this label to several locations. Working with an irregular coastline on the surface of a round globe makes this task more complicated, but mapping the geographical centre of Australia can […]
Australia’s extreme points – north, east, south, and west
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Continental and political geographical extremes of Australia North Continental Australia Location – 10° 41′ 21″ S, 142° 31′ 50″ E. Pajinka – Injinoo customary land GES record – Northern Most point of continental Australia Great walking track to the ‘tip’. Markers along the way with views of islands, rainforest, […]
Australian Island & Tectonic plate sizes
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Islands and Tectonic Plates The definition of an island, according to most dictionary’s, refers to a parcel of dry land surrounded by water but smaller than a continent. They further define continents as enormous tracts of land larger than Islands. To avoid these arbitrary definitions, I have avoided the […]
Earthquakes
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