Australia Features Vocabulary

Located to the west of Australia.

• Great Dividing Range

• Uluru

• Coral Sea

• Indian Ocean

1. Located to the east of Australia. 

• Pacific Ocean

• Ayers Rock

• Great Victoria Desert

• Coral Sea

An extension of the Pacific Ocean, lies off Australia’s northeast coast. It is home to the Great Barrier Reef.

• Uluru

• Indian Ocean

• Coral Sea

• Great Dividing Range

1. Earth’s largest coral reef. Extending for some 1,200 miles. Home to thousands of species of fish and mollusks (e.g., snails, clams, octopi), as well as over 400 types of coral. 

• Ayers Rock

• Great Victoria Desert

• Great Barrier Reef

• Indian Ocean

Located along the eastern coast of Australia, is the continent’s largest mountain range. At over 2,100 miles, it is the third longest mountain range in the world.

• Coral Sea

• Uluru

• Great Dividing Range

• Pacific Ocean

1. Dominating the landscape of western and central Australia. Named for the British monarch Queen Victoria in 1875, it covers more than 160,000 square miles of terrain; 4.5% of the continent. 

• Great Barrier Reef

• Coral Sea

• Great Victoria Desert

• Indian Ocean

1. Nestled in the eastern extent of the Great Victoria Desert, in central Australia. This six-mile-wide, nearly twelve-story rock formation is composed of sandstone and feldspar. Iron causes it to rust at the surface and turn a reddish color. Plays a prominent role in local Aboriginal creation myths (Select two answers).

• Ayers Rock

• Great Barrier Reef

• Coral Sea

• Uluru