List of rocks in Western Australia, C-E
Encyclopedia
This is a list of rocks in Western Australia. It includes all gazetted rocks, boulders, pinnacles, crags, needles, pillars, rock formations, and tors in Western Australia
, both inland and offshore. It does not include monolith
s gazetted as mounts
or hill
s, such as Mount Augustus
.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any rocks have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; obviously some large rock formations may extend over large areas.
See List of rocks in Western Australia for more.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, both inland and offshore. It does not include monolith
Monolith
A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument...
s gazetted as mounts
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
or hill
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
s, such as Mount Augustus
Mount Augustus National Park
Mount Augustus National Park is located 852 km north of Perth, 490 km by road east of Carnarvon and 390 km northwest of Meekatharra, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia...
.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
Gazetteer of Australia
The Gazetteer of Australia is a register of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. It is compiled by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and derived from state, territory, and Australian government agencies....
. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any rocks have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; obviously some large rock formations may extend over large areas.
See List of rocks in Western Australia for more.
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Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Cabbage Tree Rock | 31°8′21"S 116°55′34"E | |
Cadjybin Rock | 30°46′38"S 117°51′44"E | |
Caenyie Rock | 30°45′22"S 120°41′42"E | |
16°4′56"S 123°55′21"E | ||
Calyerup Rocks | 33°54′22"S 119°5′2"E | |
Camel Peaks | 32°18′32"S 118°49′17"E | |
Camel Rock | 15°15′0"S 128°12′17"E | |
Canal Rocks | 33°40′8"S 114°59′36"E | |
Cape Pillar Rock | 34°11′59"S 123°36′58"E | |
Captain Roe Rock | 32°26′24"S 118°40′9"E | |
Carcunning Rock | 33°6′52"S 117°24′13"E | |
Cardunia Rocks | 30°55′32"S 122°33′17"E | |
Carlibuin Rock | 27°14′0"S 117°23′47"E | |
Carlyarn Rock | 30°5′18"S 117°27′12"E | |
Caroling Rock | 31°15′59"S 119°48′58"E | |
Caroling Rocks | 31°16′47"S 119°49′8"E | |
Carr Boyd Rocks | 30°2′33"S 121°43′16"E | |
Carr-boyd Rocks | 28°10′34"S 124°25′33"E | |
Carraning Rock | 32°21′26"S 122°1′49"E | |
Carribin Rock | 31°21′21"S 117°29′13"E | |
Cartamulligan Rock | 31°29′18"S 116°45′8"E | |
Cashel Rock | 27°33′25"S 115°48′34"E | |
Castle Rock Castle Rock, Western Australia Castle Rock is a tourist attraction in the Porongurup Range in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and is renowned for its fauna and flora.There is a walk trail to the summit which offers 360 degree views, above sea level... |
34°41′46"S 117°55′7"E | |
Castle Rock Castle Rock -Islands:*Castle Rock , an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska*Castle Rock, Hong Kong , an island of Hong Kong, part of the Po Toi Islands*Castle Rock , an island in the U.S... |
33°35′5"S 115°5′59"E | |
Castle Rock Castle Rock -Islands:*Castle Rock , an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska*Castle Rock, Hong Kong , an island of Hong Kong, part of the Po Toi Islands*Castle Rock , an island in the U.S... |
27°40′53"S 114°9′19"E | |
Castle Rock Castle Rock -Islands:*Castle Rock , an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska*Castle Rock, Hong Kong , an island of Hong Kong, part of the Po Toi Islands*Castle Rock , an island in the U.S... |
31°40′51"S 116°59′7"E | |
Cathedral Rocks Cathedral Rocks Cathedral Rocks are a series of four abrupt cliffs interspersed by short glaciers and surmounted by sharp peaks. The cliffs extend for along the south side of Ferrar Glacier and form part of the north shoulder of the Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land. They were discovered and named on... |
32°1′12"S 115°26′52"E | |
Celia Rocks | 32°0′46"S 115°27′33"E | |
Centre Rock | 14°19′38"S 125°56′31"E | |
Chadadoomunoo Rocks | 21°44′6"S 116°2′46"E | |
Challenger Rock | 32°8′28"S 115°38′52"E | |
Challis Rocks | 15°52′8"S 123°42′27"E | |
Champion Rock | 32°1′47"S 115°36′18"E | |
Chanake | 15°35′19"S 125°1′24"E | |
Channel Rock | 18°0′48"S 122°12′46"E | |
Channel Rock | 20°45′32"S 115°29′55"E | |
Channel Rock | 15°9′42"S 128°6′59"E | |
Channel Rock | 16°26′25"S 123°22′44"E | |
Channel Rocks | 30°16′51"S 115°2′12"E | |
Charlina Granite Rock | 32°37′3"S 123°21′43"E | |
Cheetara Rock | 22°33′4"S 115°9′35"E | |
Chidalinya Rock | 32°17′57"S 123°43′57"E | |
Chiggarrie Rock | 27°18′54"S 117°5′11"E | |
Chimney Rocks | 16°45′42"S 122°34′52"E | |
Chin Chin Rocks | 28°14′36"S 117°28′43"E | |
Chinaman Rock | 28°0′7"S 116°48′23"E | |
Chinamans Rock | 27°42′47"S 114°9′16"E | |
Chinese Walls | 21°52′18"S 120°5′48"E | |
Chingaling Rock | 29°30′43"S 120°20′54"E | |
Chippers Leap Chippers Leap Chippers Leap, formerly known as Chipper's Leap, is a granite outcrop on Greenmount Hill in Perth, Western Australia. It is located at 31º54'S 116º04'E, on the northern side of Great Eastern Highway, near the border between the suburbs of Swan View and Greenmount.Chippers Leap is named for John... |
31°54′1"S 116°3′57"E | |
Choallie Rock | 27°14′13"S 117°23′7"E | |
Chooweelarra Rock | 27°32′30"S 120°42′10"E | |
Chubicquagup Rocks | 34°21′24"S 116°35′54"E | |
Chugarlunginya Rock | 33°6′49"S 123°22′33"E | |
Cleary Rocks | 30°22′46"S 117°39′11"E | |
24°48′33"S 113°9′55"E | ||
Cleland Rock | 21°13′49"S 119°10′56"E | |
Cluster Rock | 33°55′21"S 122°48′33"E | |
Coarin Rock | 31°56′15"S 117°45′6"E | |
Coben Rock | 33°38′8"S 117°1′55"E | |
Cockatoo Rock | 32°27′39"S 119°23′52"E | |
Cockatoo Rocks | 29°56′38"S 121°46′59"E | |
Cockatoo Rocks | 31°35′22"S 119°29′43"E | |
Cockernabar Rocks | 28°50′32"S 117°44′45"E | |
Coffin Rock | 32°4′13"S 116°35′57"E | |
Coffin Rock | 31°1′28"S 118°36′43"E | |
The Coffins | 30°24′36"S 114°58′59"E | |
Cole Rock | 34°21′1"S 115°10′27"E | |
Collanilling Rocks | 33°10′43"S 117°33′52"E | |
Collier Rocks | 20°24′32"S 116°50′57"E | |
Comber Rock | 16°6′27"S 123°39′25"E | |
Comitun Rock | 31°47′52"S 118°5′27"E | |
Commander Rocks | 33°13′57"S 119°32′44"E | |
Condarnin Rock | 31°19′25"S 119°40′23"E | |
Cone Rock | 16°24′25"S 123°27′46"E | |
Conical Rock Conical Rock Conical Rock is a rock lying in the eastern part of Morton Strait, south of the southwest tip of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who charted the area in 1930–31.... |
33°19′29"S 117°53′8"E | |
Conway Patch | 31°50′33"S 118°13′40"E | |
Cook Lump | 31°27′0"S 115°32′44"E | |
Cook Rock Cook Rock Cook Rock is an arched rock, high, lying close east of Trousers Rock and northeast of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain James Cook.... |
33°53′16"S 121°54′22"E | |
Cooladdie Rock | 29°52′47"S 120°28′16"E | |
Coolanya Rock | 32°17′10"S 123°48′48"E | |
Coombeloona Rock | 27°10′14"S 117°35′19"E | |
Coomelberrup Rock | 33°26′56"S 117°46′58"E | |
Cootarring Rock | 33°5′39"S 117°29′22"E | |
Coragina Rock | 32°54′53"S 123°30′8"E | |
Corling Rock | 31°17′21"S 119°46′0"E | |
Cormorant Rock | 33°37′33"S 123°57′4"E | |
Corriding Rock | 30°25′56"S 120°38′11"E | |
Corrigin Rock | 32°19′34"S 117°53′15"E | |
Cotthurst Rock | 14°25′9"S 125°10′41"E | |
35°0′44"S 116°12′59"E | ||
Cow Rock | 33°57′36"S 114°58′9"E | |
Cow Rocks | 31°49′12"S 115°43′35"E | |
Cowarna Rocks | 30°56′15"S 122°22′25"E | |
Cowarning Rock | 30°51′35"S 120°32′23"E | |
Crayfish Rock | 32°0′5"S 115°29′7"E | |
Crocodile Rock | 29°52′47"S 114°58′35"E | |
Crow Rock | 29°36′57"S 120°14′44"E | |
Crystal Rock | 28°35′38"S 114°47′18"E | |
Culbarting Rock | 31°24′29"S 117°1′39"E | |
Cullinia Rocks | 32°0′19"S 123°10′59"E | |
Cumberland Rock | 34°20′7"S 115°3′35"E | |
Cumminin Rock | 32°4′52"S 118°14′10"E | |
Curdy Curdy Rocks | 27°59′26"S 116°8′24"E | |
Curnadinia Rock | 32°51′46"S 123°25′3"E | |
Curringutting Rock | 32°11′24"S 118°29′57"E |
D
Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Dajoing Rock | 30°26′32"S 118°3′58"E | |
Dalgouring Rock | 30°25′5"S 117°59′46"E | |
Dalrymple Rock | 34°16′44"S 122°25′34"E | |
Damboring Rocks | 30°33′54"S 116°39′1"E | |
Dampier Rock | 34°16′49"S 122°21′4"E | |
Dandagin Rock | 32°41′53"S 118°26′33"E | |
Dandy Rock | 30°6′42"S 116°10′43"E | |
Dangemanning Rock | 31°36′52"S 117°49′46"E | |
Danger Rocks | 16°51′37"S 122°3′5"E | |
Daniels Rocks | 16°26′37"S 123°9′30"E | |
Darkan Rock | 33°20′4"S 116°44′32"E | |
Darrine Rock | 30°51′10"S 119°53′14"E | |
Day Rock | 29°24′49"S 120°1′39"E | |
Dead Horse Rocks | 29°21′56"S 121°16′37"E | |
Debelin Rock | 32°50′53"S 117°20′2"E | |
Declaration Rock | 17°55′15"S 122°8′36"E | |
Dempster Rock | 32°46′59"S 119°28′29"E | |
Depot Rocks | 31°9′21"S 121°24′55"E | |
Derdibin Rock | 31°20′24"S 117°19′18"E | |
Devils Rock | 33°55′49"S 121°53′5"E | |
Devils Slide Devils slide Devil's Slide is an unusual cliff rock formation on the side of Cinnabar Mountain located in Gallatin National Forest in Park County, Montana north of Yellowstone National Park... |
34°40′37"S 117°51′8"E | |
Diamond Rock | 31°35′17"S 120°33′39"E | |
Dice Rock | 14°11′56"S 125°39′26"E | |
Dickie Rock | 16°23′4"S 123°4′42"E | |
Dickman Rock | 33°2′33"S 119°16′37"E | |
Dickson Rocks | 33°8′17"S 117°43′43"E | |
Digger Rocks | 32°43′16"S 119°50′46"E | |
Dingo Rock | 16°25′6"S 123°8′18"E | |
Dingo Rock | 33°3′39"S 122°9′20"E | |
Dingo Rock | 33°0′38"S 118°36′27"E | |
Dingo Rock | 30°57′53"S 122°37′55"E | |
Disappointment Rock | 32°7′53"S 120°55′30"E | |
Disaster Rock | 18°3′48"S 122°4′28"E | |
Dodd Rock | 33°55′36"S 122°35′52"E | |
Dog Rock | 28°52′38"S 113°58′44"E | |
Dog Rock | 32°58′6"S 121°3′48"E | |
Dog Rock | 30°53′30"S 116°56′50"E | |
Dog Rock | 35°1′9"S 117°53′3"E | |
Dog Rocks | 25°54′56"S 118°15′35"E | |
Dolphin Rock | 33°55′5"S 122°0′44"E | |
Dome Rock | 28°24′53"S 114°48′17"E | |
Doner Rock | 32°57′4"S 123°24′26"E | |
Donkey Rocks | 29°50′50"S 121°43′16"E | |
Doonding Rock | 29°53′7"S 116°2′56"E | |
Dordie Rocks | 31°35′27"S 121°35′52"E | |
Dragon Rocks | 32°48′52"S 119°1′52"E | |
Drummond Rock | 29°56′44"S 114°58′20"E | |
Duck Rock | 32°31′37"S 119°17′8"E | |
Duck Rock | 31°59′20"S 115°32′27"E | |
Duladgin Rock | 31°10′22"S 119°40′45"E | |
Dulyalbin Rock | 31°34′30"S 118°58′58"E | |
Dumpling Rocks Dumpling rocks Dumpling Rocks is a rock formation off the coast of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. This durable formation has existed for 1.3 million years according to geologists in the area.... |
35°0′23"S 117°27′16"E | |
Dundas Rocks | 32°23′21"S 121°46′27"E | |
Dunder, Rock | 35°1′47"S 118°9′26"E | |
Dunn Rock | 33°20′17"S 119°29′10"E | |
Dunn Rocks | 33°55′53"S 122°21′1"E | |
Duranning Rock | 31°3′27"S 117°48′1"E | |
Durdguding Rock | 31°26′45"S 118°17′27"E | |
Durgacuttin Rock | 31°26′19"S 118°17′48"E | |
Durgulyie Rock | 31°18′49"S 121°8′19"E | |
Dutakajin Rocks | 30°4′14"S 117°22′22"E | |
Dysons Rock | 33°28′26"S 117°42′22"E |
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Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Eagle Rock | 31°5′2"S 118°14′23"E | |
East Rock | 20°39′29"S 116°41′48"E | |
East Rock | 18°1′30"S 122°9′42"E | |
Edah Rocks | 28°13′10"S 117°13′48"E | |
Edith Rock | 34°12′9"S 114°59′49"E | |
Eglinton Rocks | 31°37′30"S 115°39′13"E | See Alkimos, Western Australia Alkimos, Western Australia Alkimos is an unpopulated coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located north-northwest of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area.... |
Elbow Rock | 32°6′5"S 115°43′38"E | |
Eleanor Rocks | 32°2′43"S 115°43′34"E | |
Elephant Rocks | 35°2′37"S 116°55′46"E | |
Elephant Rock | 15°49′9"S 128°44′51"E | |
Eliassen Rocks | 20°57′52"S 116°4′43"E | |
Eliza Rocks Eliza Rocks Eliza Rocks is a chain of rocks lying between Desolation Island and Zed Islands off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending 1 km in west-northwest direction... |
25°53′19"S 127°33′51"E | |
Ellison Rock | 32°48′49"S 121°2′3"E | |
Elvire Rock | 29°30′10"S 119°35′57"E | |
Empress Rock | 32°5′46"S 115°45′1"E | |
Emu Rock | 32°27′26"S 119°24′3"E | |
Emu Rocks | 30°51′15"S 123°9′42"E | |
Emu Rocks | 30°27′47"S 115°1′51"E | |
Emu Rocks | 31°21′44"S 121°31′24"E | |
Emuming Rock | 31°5′26"S 116°56′23"E | |
Entrance Rocks | 32°9′19"S 115°39′28"E | |
Entrance Rocks | 32°3′11"S 115°43′21"E | |
Epileptic Rock | 33°2′21"S 117°23′10"E | |
Escape Rock | 34°5′29"S 122°15′39"E | |
Escape Rocks | 17°59′46"S 122°9′32"E | |
Essex Rocks | 30°21′22"S 114°59′41"E | |
Evans Rocks | 16°27′7"S 123°7′51"E | |
Eyre Rock | 14°30′3"S 125°5′21"E |
See also
- Geography of Western AustraliaGeography of Western AustraliaWestern Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent. Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after Yakutia in Russia, and no other regional...
- Granite outcrops of Western AustraliaGranite outcrops of Western AustraliaGranite outcrops of Western Australia are inselbergs and monoliths made from granite that are found across much of Western Australia. Rising abruptly from the surrounding landscape they create a variety of microhabitats for plants, and provide seasonal resources and refuge for a range of animals....
- List of rocks in Western Australia, A-B, plus numerals
- List of rocks in Western Australia, F-K
- List of rocks in Western Australia, L-N
- List of rocks in Western Australia, O-S
- List of rocks in Western Australia, T-Z