List of rocks in Western Australia, L-N
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
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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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La Perouse Rock | 34°18′29"S 122°17′29"E | |
Lackman Rock | 32°34′53"S 121°5′50"E | |
Lakeside Rock | 32°35′21"S 119°22′41"E | |
Lang Rock | 27°58′41"S 123°25′3"E | |
Latham Rock | 29°46′11"S 116°24′32"E | |
14°3′3"S 125°46′45"E | ||
Lemon Rock | 29°35′52"S 120°10′33"E | |
Levi Rock | 32°49′16"S 117°34′37"E | |
Lightning Rock | 26°4′3"S 127°45′14"E | |
Lilford Rock | 35°2′51"S 116°55′52"E | |
Lilian Addicott Rock | 28°42′37"S 123°36′39"E | |
Lilian Stokes Rock | 33°4′3"S 120°5′37"E | |
Lily Mccarthy Rock | 32°40′55"S 119°20′26"E | |
Limpet Rock | 33°52′39"S 121°58′9"E | |
Little Bald Rock | 31°34′13"S 116°55′52"E | |
Little Devil Little Devil "Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts."Little Devil" was... |
33°55′46"S 121°53′7"E | |
Little Puntaping Rock | 33°20′1"S 117°24′23"E | |
Little River Rocks | 34°59′58"S 117°20′7"E | |
Lock Rock | 33°58′43"S 122°1′23"E | |
Lomos Rock | 32°23′2"S 117°35′22"E | |
Lone Rock | 16°26′48"S 123°9′49"E | |
Lonely Rock Lonely Rock Lonely Rock is a rock rising 7 m above sea level east of Ula Point, James Ross Island, on the west margin of Erebus and Terror Gulf. Charted by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1945, and named Lone Rock by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of its small size and isolation... |
33°48′55"S 124°10′19"E | |
Lookout Rocks | 21°56′59"S 121°23′44"E | |
Lookout Rocks | 35°1′55"S 117°53′55"E | |
Lory Rock | 14°45′11"S 128°13′36"E | |
Low Rock Low Rock Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 1 nautical mile southwest of Stranger Point, the south extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist aboard the whaler... |
33°51′17"S 121°57′44"E | |
Low Rock Low Rock Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 1 nautical mile southwest of Stranger Point, the south extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist aboard the whaler... |
24°56′8"S 113°9′0"E | |
Low Rock Low Rock Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 1 nautical mile southwest of Stranger Point, the south extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist aboard the whaler... |
15°1′35"S 124°53′1"E | |
Low Rocks | 14°3′50"S 125°52′23"E | |
Lucy Rock | 32°39′25"S 119°22′10"E | |
The Lumps | 31°47′39"S 115°42′54"E |
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Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Macdonald Rock | 16°31′57"S 123°0′32"E | |
Maddens Rock | 32°7′4"S 115°38′58"E | |
Madmans Rock | 27°46′29"S 114°7′18"E | |
Magistrate Rocks | 33°55′45"S 121°58′5"E | |
Malgar Rock | 29°14′33"S 118°53′57"E | |
Mallee Hen Rocks | 28°57′53"S 123°22′9"E | |
Malyalling Rock | 32°42′57"S 117°36′28"E | |
The Man In The Boat | 20°48′41"S 116°4′37"E | |
Marble Bar Marble Bar, Western Australia -North Pole:An ironically named locality nearby is known as North Pole , no doubt for its heat. It is the location of rock formations considered to have evidence that puts the origin of life on earth back to 3,400–3,500 mya, due to stromatolites in particular rock sequences... |
21°11′15"S 119°42′35"E | |
Marble Rocks | 32°31′3"S 119°24′10"E | |
Mardarbilla Rock | 32°51′48"S 123°50′57"E | |
Mardie Rock | 21°0′9"S 116°0′27"E | |
Marmabup Rock | 34°40′30"S 117°50′54"E | |
Mart Rock | 34°2′49"S 122°39′9"E | |
Matthew Rock | 34°11′49"S 122°59′29"E | |
Mavis Rock | 30°26′56"S 123°8′6"E | |
May Rock | 20°47′39"S 116°31′26"E | |
Mccann Rock | 32°32′57"S 118°36′15"E | |
Mcdermid Rock | 32°1′20"S 120°44′1"E | |
Mcgeary Rock | 35°1′58"S 117°19′58"E | |
Mcleod Rock | 29°1′31"S 119°35′22"E | |
Mcmillan Rocks | 28°8′5"S 122°46′3"E | |
Mcpherson Rock | 32°27′9"S 121°40′20"E | |
Mcpherson Rock | 32°17′9"S 123°50′46"E | |
Mcvilly Rock | 16°38′21"S 122°43′56"E | |
Median Rock | 33°50′41"S 122°0′47"E | |
Meeragoring Rock | 27°21′38"S 117°27′31"E | |
Mekatanna Rock | 27°18′44"S 117°31′54"E | |
Menangina Rocks | 29°50′21"S 121°56′15"E | |
Menmuir Rock | 16°22′14"S 123°15′13"E | |
Meroin Rock | 29°11′32"S 118°8′0"E | |
Meroonga Rock | 27°33′14"S 115°51′51"E | |
Mess Rock | 34°30′39"S 122°1′15"E | |
Metchering Rock | 31°39′12"S 118°0′6"E | |
Mewstone | 32°5′11"S 115°39′25"E | |
Mi Mi Rocks | 27°27′30"S 124°22′26"E | |
Miawuryguna Rocks | 19°59′11"S 119°22′43"E | |
Mid Rock | 16°21′56"S 123°12′34"E | |
Middle Rock | 13°58′3"S 126°20′35"E | |
Middle Rock | 34°11′58"S 115°1′31"E | |
Middle Rock | 24°59′30"S 113°7′4"E | |
Middle Rock | 33°57′39"S 120°7′24"E | |
Middle Rock | 34°18′27"S 121°50′56"E | |
Middle Rock | 35°1′56"S 118°1′42"E | |
Milgannine Rock | 31°32′13"S 117°42′38"E | |
Miller Rocks | 20°26′27"S 116°38′24"E | |
Milliwarry Rock | 27°8′19"S 117°39′59"E | |
Milne Rock | 27°11′25"S 127°13′40"E | |
Milutha Rock | 28°0′20"S 116°47′2"E | |
Mindjuring Rock | 30°47′4"S 120°25′22"E | |
Minegardar Rocks | 28°5′7"S 117°31′4"E | |
Minetagin Rock | 30°31′7"S 120°31′45"E | |
Mitchell Rocks | 29°2′40"S 120°16′56"E | |
Moby Dick | 34°7′59"S 121°46′14"E | |
Modesty Rock | 32°32′5"S 119°23′40"E | |
Moir Rock | 32°39′7"S 121°25′4"E | |
Mollerin Rock | 30°32′9"S 117°33′56"E | |
Molloocutty Rock | 31°59′18"S 118°51′30"E | |
Moltthomy Rock | 31°45′2"S 119°7′31"E | |
Monday Rock | 31°59′18"S 115°32′18"E | |
Mondie Rocks | 29°22′58"S 119°10′10"E | |
Mongebin Rocks | 32°33′30"S 117°3′24"E | |
Monkey Rock | 26°8′40"S 113°9′58"E | |
Monkey Rock | 33°59′6"S 119°2′37"E | |
Monument Rock | 28°37′22"S 121°52′3"E | |
Moochabinna Rock | 31°44′28"S 122°20′22"E | |
Moogoorlar Rocks | 29°55′23"S 117°2′47"E | |
Moolyall Rocks | 33°25′30"S 120°4′16"E | |
29°26′17"S 122°45′41"E | ||
14°24′59"S 125°58′8"E | ||
Moonargidding Rock | 31°27′43"S 119°22′3"E | |
Moonta Rock | 22°25′25"S 113°43′7"E | |
Mooranoppin Rock | 31°35′18"S 117°45′14"E | |
Moordamulling Rock | 30°37′13"S 118°26′38"E | |
Moorine Rocks | 31°13′44"S 118°58′32"E | |
Moran Rock | 26°39′0"S 117°40′44"E | |
Moresby Rock | 16°8′18"S 123°54′58"E | |
Morlining Rock | 31°15′35"S 119°47′20"E | |
Moses Rock | 33°45′26"S 114°59′40"E | |
Mount Pleasant Rock | 35°2′13"S 118°2′6"E | |
Muckenbooding Rock | 30°55′22"S 118°11′52"E | |
Mudurup Rocks | 31°59′53"S 115°44′47"E | |
Muggamuggin Rocks | 31°27′51"S 116°38′15"E | |
Muggerugging Rock | 33°8′3"S 117°31′26"E | |
Muirillup Rock | 34°39′31"S 116°14′48"E | |
Mulline Rock | 29°44′26"S 120°27′46"E | |
Mungan Gabby Rock | 30°44′3"S 117°45′11"E | |
Munkinwobert Rock | 33°23′28"S 120°17′6"E | |
Murray Rock | 33°59′41"S 122°4′33"E | |
Murray Rock | 32°19′4"S 119°17′0"E | |
Murrungnulg Rock North | 29°26′59"S 116°43′46"E | |
Murrungnulg Rocks South | 29°37′59"S 116°43′37"E | |
Murtadinia Rock | 33°1′6"S 123°37′42"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 34°13′10"S 115°1′24"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 31°59′34"S 115°32′27"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 20°24′18"S 115°32′32"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 27°45′11"S 114°8′5"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 14°8′51"S 125°45′49"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 32°16′0"S 115°40′56"E | |
Mushroom Rock | 24°45′13"S 113°9′28"E | |
Myuna Rock | 33°15′16"S 119°53′40"E |
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Name | Coordinates | Remarks |
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Nab Rock | 17°59′23"S 122°10′37"E | |
Nairibin Rock | 33°20′17"S 117°54′58"E | |
Nakerdar Rock | 28°33′58"S 117°32′51"E | |
Nalarine Rock | 31°15′32"S 120°31′1"E | |
Nalyaring Rock | 31°28′48"S 117°41′17"E | |
Namerlonia Rock | 33°14′47"S 123°16′55"E | |
Nanambinia Rock | 32°40′21"S 123°34′43"E | |
Nandanarr Rocks | 18°40′11"S 121°45′20"E | |
Napping Rock | 32°39′41"S 116°57′15"E | |
Nares Rock | 21°25′52"S 115°16′57"E | |
Nargalgerri Rock | 31°12′58"S 120°51′14"E | |
Nargalyerin Rock | 31°27′37"S 119°1′55"E | |
Native Rocks | 32°17′57"S 119°32′54"E | |
Natural Bridge | 27°49′42"S 114°6′30"E | |
Natural Bridge | 35°7′11"S 117°53′19"E | |
Needle Eye Rocks | 18°14′36"S 125°53′45"E | |
Needle Rock Needle Rock Needle Rock is an intrusive of rhyodacite volcanic plug located at the west border of the Gunnison National Forest, in the Needle Rock Natural Area near Crawford in the U.S. state of Colorado. It stands tall above the floor of the Smith Fork of the Gunnison River valley... |
15°28′31"S 124°29′31"E | |
The Needles | 14°47′39"S 128°24′49"E | |
Neendojer Rocks | 31°54′27"S 119°7′8"E | |
20°26′58"S 116°40′18"E | ||
Neuabirina Rock | 30°47′34"S 116°32′15"E | |
New Year Rock | 33°51′11"S 124°7′10"E | |
Newman Rock | 32°7′2"S 123°10′9"E | |
Niblock Rocks | 15°48′47"S 123°59′24"E | |
Nierguine Rock | 30°24′28"S 118°50′15"E | |
Nimberrin Rock | 31°31′15"S 117°56′9"E | |
Nockine Rock | 32°1′7"S 116°20′18"E | |
Nokaning Rock | 31°19′47"S 118°4′24"E | |
Nongerin Rocks | 32°8′8"S 118°14′53"E | |
Nonjigull Rock | 32°3′28"S 118°11′10"E | |
Noombenberry Rock | 31°41′17"S 118°47′20"E | |
Noondoonia Rocks | 32°11′20"S 123°46′11"E | |
Noonebin Rock | 32°35′7"S 117°14′37"E | |
Noonie Rock | 28°31′34"S 115°33′12"E | |
Nora Mccarthy Rock | 32°37′56"S 119°20′13"E | |
North Breaker | 15°29′57"S 123°24′54"E | |
North Lump | 31°47′20"S 115°42′47"E | |
North Rock | 31°57′33"S 115°43′6"E | |
North Rock | 14°12′22"S 126°2′46"E | |
North Rock | 28°11′6"S 114°13′37"E | |
North Rock | 17°59′32"S 122°8′28"E | |
North Rock | 35°6′59"S 117°51′8"E | |
North Rocks | 32°17′10"S 123°49′20"E | |
North Ronsard Rocks | 30°28′45"S 115°2′47"E | |
Northonopine Rock | 31°42′41"S 119°26′33"E | |
Northumberland Rock | 35°6′40"S 118°0′57"E | |
Northwest Rock | 35°10′43"S 117°51′22"E | |
Nukarni Rocks | 31°18′31"S 118°7′45"E | |
Nungarin Rock | 31°9′16"S 118°6′50"E | |
Nurdungarra Rock | 31°18′21"S 119°6′57"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, F-K
- List of rocks in Western Australia, O-S
- List of rocks in Western Australia, T-Z