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Highest Elevation in Australia

Top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation

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Highest Elevation — Australia

1 Kosciuszko National Park 02 5,479 ft
2 Glen Innes 02 3,514 ft
3 Armidale 02 3,455 ft
4 Katoomba 02 3,251 ft
5 Jindabyne 02 3,084 ft
6 Lithgow 02 3,005 ft
7 Wentworth Falls 02 2,858 ft
8 Orange 02 2,848 ft
9 Stanthorpe 04 2,612 ft
10 Cooma 02 2,612 ft
11 Atherton 04 2,510 ft
12 Middle Ridge 04 2,290 ft
13 Darling Heights 04 2,267 ft
14 Calwell 01 2,254 ft
15 Bowral 02 2,228 ft
16 Moss Vale 02 2,224 ft
17 Centenary Heights 04 2,208 ft
18 Kearneys Spring 04 2,205 ft
19 Bathurst city centre 02 2,205 ft
20 Bathurst 02 2,198 ft
21 Harristown 04 2,195 ft
22 Rangeville 04 2,156 ft
23 Casey 01 2,152 ft
24 Highfields 04 2,133 ft
25 Kelso 02 2,129 ft
26 East Toowoomba 04 2,126 ft
27 Goulburn 02 2,106 ft
28 Ngunnawal 01 2,090 ft
29 Chisholm 01 2,087 ft
30 Newtown 04 2,087 ft
31 Mittagong 02 2,083 ft
32 Wilsonton 04 2,073 ft
33 Bonner 01 2,067 ft
34 Wanniassa 01 2,060 ft
35 Gungahlin 01 2,057 ft
36 Nicholls 01 2,054 ft
37 Amaroo 01 2,051 ft
38 O'Connor 01 2,037 ft
39 Harrison 01 2,031 ft
40 Jerrabomberra 02 2,028 ft
41 Bruce 01 2,028 ft
42 Palmerston 01 2,024 ft
43 Karabar 02 2,021 ft
44 Franklin 01 2,005 ft
45 South Toowoomba 04 1,988 ft
46 Evatt 01 1,969 ft
47 Kaleen 01 1,965 ft
48 Toowoomba 04 1,965 ft
49 Belconnen 01 1,959 ft
50 Kambah 01 1,955 ft
51 Glenvale 04 1,952 ft
52 Watson 01 1,942 ft
53 Monash 01 1,936 ft
54 Campbell 01 1,932 ft
55 Inverell 02 1,929 ft
56 Ainslie 01 1,923 ft
57 Alice Springs 03 1,913 ft
58 Narrabundah 01 1,913 ft
59 Braddon 01 1,909 ft
60 Queanbeyan 02 1,906 ft
61 Curtin 01 1,906 ft
62 Lyneham 01 1,903 ft
63 Tuggeranong Administrative District 01 1,900 ft
64 Gordon 01 1,896 ft
65 Canberra City 01 1,896 ft
66 Canberra 01 1,873 ft
67 Dunlop 01 1,860 ft
68 Macgregor 01 1,831 ft
69 Woodend 07 1,831 ft
70 Newman 08 1,781 ft
71 Tamborine Mountain 04 1,722 ft
72 Kyneton 07 1,686 ft
73 Yass 02 1,594 ft
74 Wendouree 07 1,516 ft
75 Warwick 04 1,516 ft
76 Mudgee 02 1,506 ft
77 Ballarat Central 07 1,476 ft
78 Alfredton 07 1,470 ft
79 Ballarat 07 1,460 ft
80 Young 02 1,437 ft
81 Kingaroy 04 1,421 ft
82 Delacombe 07 1,407 ft
83 Adelaide Hills 05 1,398 ft
84 Sebastopol 07 1,394 ft
85 Ballarat East 07 1,388 ft
86 Gisborne 07 1,381 ft
87 East Tamworth 02 1,375 ft
88 Hillvue 02 1,368 ft
89 West Tamworth 02 1,348 ft
90 Mareeba 04 1,339 ft
91 South Tamworth 02 1,293 ft
92 North Tamworth 02 1,283 ft
93 Kalgoorlie 08 1,270 ft
94 Tamworth 02 1,260 ft
95 Mount Isa 04 1,191 ft
96 Springwood 02 1,171 ft
97 Kilmore 07 1,161 ft
98 Dalby 04 1,125 ft
99 Parkes 02 1,099 ft
100 Cootamundra 02 1,089 ft

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation in Australia.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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