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 Lithgow 02 3,005 ft
6 Wentworth Falls 02 2,858 ft
7 Orange 02 2,848 ft
8 Cooma 02 2,612 ft
9 Stanthorpe 04 2,612 ft
10 Googong 02 2,582 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 Hazelbrook 02 2,133 ft
26 Kelso 02 2,129 ft
27 East Toowoomba 04 2,126 ft
28 Goulburn 02 2,106 ft
29 Conder 01 2,093 ft
30 Ngunnawal 01 2,090 ft
31 Chisholm 01 2,087 ft
32 Newtown 04 2,087 ft
33 Mittagong 02 2,083 ft
34 Wilsonton 04 2,073 ft
35 Bonner 01 2,067 ft
36 Wanniassa 01 2,060 ft
37 Banks 01 2,057 ft
38 Gungahlin 01 2,057 ft
39 Nicholls 01 2,054 ft
40 Amaroo 01 2,051 ft
41 O'Connor 01 2,037 ft
42 Harrison 01 2,031 ft
43 Bruce 01 2,028 ft
44 Jerrabomberra 02 2,028 ft
45 Palmerston 01 2,024 ft
46 Karabar 02 2,021 ft
47 Franklin 01 2,005 ft
48 South Toowoomba 04 1,988 ft
49 Evatt 01 1,969 ft
50 Toowoomba 04 1,965 ft
51 Kaleen 01 1,965 ft
52 Belconnen 01 1,959 ft
53 Kambah 01 1,955 ft
54 Phillip 01 1,955 ft
55 Glenvale 04 1,952 ft
56 Watson 01 1,942 ft
57 Monash 01 1,936 ft
58 Campbell 01 1,932 ft
59 Inverell 02 1,929 ft
60 Ainslie 01 1,923 ft
61 Griffith 01 1,916 ft
62 Alice Springs 03 1,913 ft
63 Narrabundah 01 1,913 ft
64 Braddon 01 1,909 ft
65 Curtin 01 1,906 ft
66 Queanbeyan 02 1,906 ft
67 Lyneham 01 1,903 ft
68 Tuggeranong Administrative District 01 1,900 ft
69 Gordon 01 1,896 ft
70 Holt 01 1,890 ft
71 Canberra 01 1,873 ft
72 Dunlop 01 1,860 ft
73 Macgregor 01 1,831 ft
74 Newman 08 1,781 ft
75 Tamborine Mountain 04 1,722 ft
76 Kyneton 07 1,686 ft
77 Yass 02 1,594 ft
78 Warwick 04 1,516 ft
79 Wendouree 07 1,516 ft
80 Mudgee 02 1,506 ft
81 Ballarat Central 07 1,476 ft
82 Alfredton 07 1,470 ft
83 Ballarat 07 1,460 ft
84 Young 02 1,437 ft
85 Kingaroy 04 1,421 ft
86 Delacombe 07 1,407 ft
87 Adelaide Hills 05 1,398 ft
88 Sebastopol 07 1,394 ft
89 Ballarat East 07 1,388 ft
90 Gisborne 07 1,381 ft
91 East Tamworth 02 1,375 ft
92 Hillvue 02 1,368 ft
93 West Tamworth 02 1,348 ft
94 Mareeba 04 1,339 ft
95 South Tamworth 02 1,293 ft
96 North Tamworth 02 1,283 ft
97 Kalgoorlie 08 1,270 ft
98 Nairne 05 1,211 ft
99 Mount Isa 04 1,191 ft
100 Springwood 02 1,171 ft

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

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