Keyfacts

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Australia is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It is the smallest continent in the world with only 7.6 mio km² (Europe has more than 10mio. km²) and has a coastline of 25760 km.







-The Great Barrier Reef (top map in blue), the world's largest coral reef lies a short distance off the north-east coast and has a length of more than 2.000 km.








-The highest mountain of Australia, the Mount Kosciuszko (top map red) is more than 2.228 metres high