Mount Whelan 1:250,000 Topographic Map of Australia

AUSTopo provides a 1:250,000 scale digital topographic map of the Mount Whelan region (SF54-13). The series comprises 516 maps covering the entire Australian continent, the largest scale for full continental coverage. Each standard map sheet depicts an area of approximately 1.5 by 1 degrees, showing natural and constructed features.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for terrain and watershed modeling.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.

Strengths

• Part of a series of 516 maps providing standardized coverage of the entire Australian continent.
• Contains multiple natural and constructed feature layers including infrastructure, vegetation, and hydrography.
• Uses standardized coordinate systems (GDA94/GDA2020) and UTM projection for geospatial consistency.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring feature extraction for analytical use.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based analysis.
• The series includes about 50 non-standard special maps, which may have different spatial extents.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map from the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Covers the Mount Whelan region (SF54-13) and the entire continent of Australia.