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Australia.A2002231.0145.250m NASA Nullarbor
Nullarbor is the light tan semi-circular area near the coastline, 2002
Murrawijinie cave system.View from inside one
Murrawijinie cave system seen from inside. It is a karst system, formed by water running through the limestone. Murrawijinie means "bloody hands": the caves were used by indigenous people who left their ochre hand stencils on the cave walls

Nullarbor Plain (Latin: nullus, "no", and arbor, "tree") is an area of flat, dry land in southern Australia on the coastline of the Great Australian Bight.

It is the world's largest single piece of limestone, and occupies an area of about 200,000 square kilometres (77,000 sq mi). At its widest point, it stretches about 1,100 kilometres (684 mi) from east to west between South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA). The name comes from the Latin words meaning "no trees".

Images for kids

  • Nullarbor Plain Road Sign DSC04541

    Road sign

  • Nullarbor Plain Escarpment DSC04558

    Another road sign

  • Schuhbaum nullabor

    Tree full of shoes in "the middle of nowhere", the Nullarbor, Western Australia.

  • Nullarbor Plain Rainbow DSC04547

    Rainbow over the Nullarbor Plain.

  • Nullabor plain from the indian pacific

    The Nullarbor Plain viewed from the Indian Pacific. The featureless terrain made navigation difficult for early explorers.

  • IBRA 6.1 Nullarbor

    The IBRA regions, with Nullarbor in red.


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