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Geography of Western Australia
Continent
Australia
Region
Western Australia
Coordinates
26°S121°E / 26°S 121°E / -26; 121
Area
Ranked 1st among states and territories
• Total
2,527,013[1] km2 (975,685 sq mi)
Coastline
12,889 km (8,009 mi)
Borders
Land borders: Northern Territory, South Australia
Highest point
Mount Meharry 1,249 m (4,098 ft)
Longest river
Gascoyne River 834 km (518 mi)
Largest lake
Lake Mackay 3494 km2
Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent. Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after Yakutia in Russia, despite the fact that Australia is only the sixth largest country in the world by area, and no other regional administrative jurisdiction in the world occupies such a high percentage of a continental land mass.
Its capital city, Perth, is also considered to be amongst the world's most isolated, being closer to Jakarta in Indonesia, than to the Australian national capital in Canberra.
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