List of rocks in Western Australia, F-K
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
Mount Augustus may refer to:*Mount Augustus National Park, Australia*Mount Augustus, New Zealand...
.
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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Family Rocks | 35°5′56"S 117°51′0"E | |
Farren Rock | 30°54′11"S 119°5′43"E | |
Fathom Rock | 14°42′48"S 128°13′50"E | |
First Rock First Rock First Rock is a rock lying 1 nautical mile south-southeast of Brode Island and 2 nautical miles south of Cape Disappointment, the south extremity of South Georgia. It is first in a line of three insular features south of Cape Disappointment discovered in 1775 by Captain James Cook... |
32°18′47"S 115°41′16"E | |
14°6′27"S 126°41′28"E | ||
Fish Rocks | 32°5′12"S 115°43′47"E | |
Five Fingers | 30°28′58"S 115°1′1"E | |
Flat Rock | 28°11′16"S 114°13′55"E | |
Flat Rock | 30°45′39"S 115°9′52"E | |
Flat Rock | 34°51′13"S 116°4′43"E | |
Flat Rock | 32°7′38"S 115°39′51"E | |
Flat Rock | 35°5′29"S 117°57′40"E | |
Flat Rocks | 32°28′41"S 121°38′59"E | |
The Flat Rocks | 30°39′31"S 117°9′19"E | |
Fleetwood Rock | 16°11′38"S 123°20′30"E | |
Foal Rock | 16°22′54"S 123°6′19"E | |
Foam Rocks | 34°7′50"S 122°50′42"E | |
Forrest Rock | 14°6′23"S 125°52′27"E | |
Fortescue Rock | 20°56′27"S 116°1′29"E | |
Four Rocks | 32°13′56"S 119°6′30"E | |
31°2′8"S 116°58′58"E | ||
Franklin Rock | 33°50′19"S 123°46′3"E | |
Fraser Rock | 16°6′59"S 123°4′58"E | |
Fraser Rocks | 30°7′48"S 118°1′31"E | |
Frog Rock | 31°29′46"S 119°13′54"E | |
Frome Rocks | 18°13′15"S 123°37′50"E | |
Frustration Rock | 27°41′34"S 114°9′23"E | |
Fur Rock | 34°0′50"S 121°38′20"E | |
Fury Rock | 33°59′50"S 121°42′24"E | |
Fury Rock | 13°58′42"S 125°58′31"E |
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Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Gabbling Rock | 29°39′44"S 120°23′46"E | |
Gabenyering Rock | 30°47′41"S 120°13′56"E | |
Galah Rocks | 29°41′38"S 120°14′43"E | |
Gannet Rock | 33°34′13"S 115°5′14"E | |
Garbabarlobulla Rock | 33°5′57"S 123°22′40"E | |
Garden Granite Rock | 27°30′19"S 118°2′25"E | |
Garden Granites | 27°27′41"S 118°1′11"E | |
Gardner Rock | 34°8′31"S 123°8′59"E | |
Geelakin Rock | 30°58′41"S 118°37′25"E | |
Geeraning Rock | 30°31′35"S 118°35′52"E | |
Geordie Rock | 32°56′30"S 121°23′7"E | |
Geranium Rock | 29°56′52"S 117°14′43"E | |
Ghost Rocks | 29°33′31"S 120°53′31"E | |
Giant Rocks | 34°10′39"S 121°39′32"E | |
Giants Causeway | 34°39′36"S 118°43′20"E | |
Gibb Rock | 32°7′10"S 119°1′0"E | |
33°29′45"S 116°11′36"E | ||
34°40′16"S 117°51′17"E | ||
29°12′21"S 121°11′58"E | ||
Gibson Honman Rock | 30°50′36"S 121°25′40"E | |
Gig Rocks | 33°55′29"S 121°45′52"E | |
Gilbert Rock | 16°28′57"S 123°2′30"E | |
Gilgarna Rock | 30°20′53"S 122°25′35"E | |
Gillian Rock | 29°55′35"S 117°53′8"E | |
Gilmore Rocks | 32°37′51"S 121°25′36"E | |
Glen Rhynn Rocks | 30°37′39"S 119°36′58"E | |
Glenelg Rock | 31°56′0"S 118°47′7"E | |
Gnabberdocking Rock | 30°42′25"S 119°4′15"E | |
Gnaragnunging Rock | 30°13′18"S 117°57′27"E | |
Gnarlbine Rock | 31°8′54"S 120°57′22"E | |
Goodoona Rock | 27°29′18"S 117°17′6"E | |
Gorgarlamninya Rock | 32°35′48"S 123°37′4"E | |
Gorge Rock | 32°27′19"S 117°59′54"E | |
Grace Rock Grace Rock Grace Rock is a rock lying 1.73 km off the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in... |
34°10′51"S 115°0′45"E | |
Graham Rock | 32°27′38"S 119°2′56"E | |
Grandstand Rock | 27°48′28"S 114°6′46"E | |
Granite Rock | 31°33′16"S 121°24′9"E | |
Granite Rock | 27°24′29"S 117°41′9"E | |
Greens Rock | 29°36′28"S 116°46′2"E | |
Gregory Rocks | 27°39′1"S 114°13′35"E | |
20°38′18"S 117°11′16"E | ||
35°1′21"S 117°59′42"E | ||
32°16′48"S 115°41′25"E | ||
33°32′42"S 115°0′17"E | ||
Gunboat Rock | 20°22′40"S 115°33′30"E | |
Gunering Rock | 32°43′39"S 117°37′13"E |
H
Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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H.T. Granites | 27°43′4"S 123°5′16"E | |
Hadley Rock | 16°22′34"S 123°11′36"E | |
Halag Rock | 29°38′16"S 120°11′24"E | |
Hall Rock Hall Rock Hall Rock is a large rock located 2 nautical miles northwest of Carapace Nunatak at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for geologist Bradford A. Hall who, with Harold W. Borns, did research on the so-called Mawson Tillite in this... |
33°24′15"S 118°46′28"E | |
Halls Rock | 34°42′21"S 117°56′35"E | |
Hanging Rock | 22°30′18"S 121°39′51"E | |
Hanging Rock | 35°2′51"S 117°41′41"E | |
Harbutt Rock | 32°7′16"S 120°51′59"E | |
Harding Rock | 32°10′3"S 115°40′43"E | |
Hat Rock | 20°40′15"S 117°17′2"E | |
Haul Off Rock | 34°42′10"S 118°39′33"E | |
Hayman Rock | 21°42′46"S 114°40′50"E | |
Hayward Rock | 22°4′41"S 114°24′49"E | |
Hazlett Rocks | 26°9′8"S 128°54′27"E | |
Hector Rock | 33°59′44"S 121°41′44"E | |
Heinsman Rock | 33°7′1"S 123°27′3"E | |
Henrietta Rocks | 32°0′51"S 115°32′22"E | |
Herald Rock | 16°26′9"S 123°26′25"E | |
Herald Rocks | 35°1′44"S 118°2′12"E | |
Herring Rock | 35°3′8"S 116°52′19"E | |
High Rock | 31°22′7"S 119°42′55"E | |
Hinemoa Rock | 32°1′0"S 115°46′47"E | |
Holland Rocks | 33°21′28"S 118°44′46"E | |
Holt Rock | 32°40′43"S 119°24′51"E | |
Honeycomb Rocks | 34°15′49"S 115°1′22"E | |
Horse Fall Rocks | 28°41′37"S 119°32′24"E | |
Horse Rocks | 31°7′20"S 121°24′5"E | |
Hospital Rocks | 29°49′51"S 120°6′52"E | |
Huandanning Rock | 31°19′10"S 117°43′4"E | |
Hughden Rock | 30°16′12"S 117°1′32"E | |
Hyden Rock | 32°26′45"S 118°54′2"E |
I
Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
---|---|---|
Inner 7 Foot Rock | 30°35′4"S 115°3′46"E | |
Inside Rock | 33°55′5"S 120°33′41"E | |
Inside Rocks | 34°12′55"S 115°1′36"E | |
Isaacs Rock | 34°2′38"S 114°59′47"E | |
Island Rock | 27°49′36"S 114°6′34"E | |
Ive Rock | 30°42′39"S 120°4′43"E | |
Ivor Rocks | 28°25′3"S 122°55′45"E | |
Ivy Rock | 14°4′39"S 125°46′11"E |
J
Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Jack Rocks | 32°22′45"S 116°7′58"E | |
Jackson Rock | 32°48′56"S 119°51′5"E | |
Jackson Rock | 32°1′35"S 115°34′54"E | |
Jam Patch Rock | 32°35′30"S 118°35′45"E | |
James Rocks | 32°6′16"S 115°45′34"E | |
Jandy Rock | 29°7′14"S 119°45′27"E | |
Jilakin Rock | 32°40′3"S 118°19′33"E | |
Jilbadgie Rocks | 31°28′51"S 119°13′34"E | |
Jinadarra Rock | 30°28′24"S 118°40′59"E | |
Joan Rock | 32°1′0"S 115°33′5"E | |
Johnson Rocks | 29°48′15"S 119°49′26"E | |
Jonah Rock | 32°32′16"S 119°27′53"E | |
Journalogwin Rock | 30°48′31"S 119°12′56"E | |
Juarbiding Rocks | 28°14′37"S 117°24′8"E | |
Jubilee Rocks | 32°0′48"S 115°33′12"E | |
Judada Rock | 31°35′25"S 123°44′14"E | |
Juglah Rock | 30°51′17"S 121°59′10"E | |
Jumbo Rocks | 34°59′11"S 117°27′4"E | |
Junana Rock | 33°23′12"S 123°24′10"E | |
Jureen Rock | 31°36′9"S 117°46′13"E | |
Juropin Rocks | 32°6′35"S 117°27′38"E | |
Juterin Rock | 31°28′18"S 118°8′30"E | |
Jutson Rocks | 27°52′15"S 123°20′49"E | |
Jyndabinbin Rocks | 32°25′37"S 122°4′20"E |
K
Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Kadjathalinga Rocks | 27°40′56"S 116°32′5"E | |
Kalin Granite Rock | 30°41′26"S 123°15′38"E | |
Kangaroo Rock | 30°46′36"S 119°11′3"E | |
Kangaroo Rocks | 31°34′38"S 116°24′11"E | |
Karalee Rock | 31°15′55"S 119°49′25"E | |
Karembrenin Rock | 31°46′36"S 118°19′49"E | |
Karolin Rock | 30°59′14"S 118°55′8"E | |
Karrabein Rocks | 31°32′7"S 116°52′48"E | |
Karrakatta Rock | 16°20′53"S 123°2′13"E | |
Kasnabblin Rock | 33°9′40"S 117°47′34"E | |
Kau Rock | 33°24′26"S 122°19′31"E | |
Kells Rock | 26°10′32"S 113°12′17"E | |
Keokanie Rock | 31°3′45"S 118°52′29"E | |
Kermadec Rocks | 34°5′46"S 122°49′50"E | |
Kerman Rock | 31°2′45"S 118°54′17"E | |
Kerrigan Rock | 32°32′49"S 118°57′29"E | |
Kijanding Rock | 30°28′12"S 118°3′23"E | |
Kilidwerinia Granite Rock | 32°2′47"S 123°55′46"E | |
King Rocks | 32°19′12"S 119°9′3"E | |
Kirgella Rocks | 30°5′5"S 122°49′38"E | |
Kirk Rock | 32°37′57"S 117°44′22"E | |
Knapp Rock | 32°6′25"S 120°43′27"E | |
Knungomen Rock | 30°58′22"S 117°52′45"E | |
Kodgerning Rock | 31°13′23"S 119°6′54"E | |
Kokodarrup Rock | 33°54′13"S 117°47′21"E | |
Koolbunine Rock | 31°42′15"S 116°59′36"E | |
Koorikin Rock | 32°27′35"S 118°9′9"E | |
Korbrelkulling Rock | 31°36′19"S 118°10′57"E | |
Kubbine Rocks | 32°31′56"S 116°49′30"E | |
Kulbullikin Rock | 31°52′3"S 118°3′39"E | |
Kuykara Rock | 30°15′21"S 118°56′26"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, C-E
- List of rocks in Western Australia, L-N
- List of rocks in Western Australia, O-S
- List of rocks in Western Australia, T-Z