Australia Physical Features

^{SS6G11a: Locate selected features of Australia}
The arrow on the map points to which physical feature?

• Atacama Desert
• Great Victoria Desert
• Canadian Shield
• European Plain 

Australia’s most famous natural landmark is a red sandstone rock formation in central Australia. It is a sacred site of the Aborigines.

• Ayers Rock

• Great Dividing Range

• Indian Ocean

• Great Barrier Reef

The largest coral reef system in the world that extends more than 1,200 miles along Australia’s northeast coast. The water never falls below 68°F and has abundant sea life.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Coral Sea

• Great Victoria Desert

• Ayers Rock

• Indian Ocean
• Coral Sea
• Pacific Ocean

• Great Barrier Reef
• Tasmania
• Indian Ocean

The largest desert in Australia named for England’s Queen Victoria. It is a barren (bare) area of hills, salt lakes, and grasslands in southern and western Australia.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Indian Ocean

• Great Victoria Desert

• Darling River

Select one way that Australia is unique as a continent.

• Australia is the largest continent
• Australia is an island continent

Where is the Great Barrier located?

• Tasman Sea

• Arafura Sea

• Shark Bay

• Coral Sea

It’s off the northeast coast of Australia, part of the Pacific Ocean.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Coral Sea

• Great Victoria Desert

• Ayers Rock