South Point (Australia)

South Point (Engl. For the South Point ) is the southernmost point of the Australian mainland and is located on the peninsula Wilsons Promontory in Wilsons Promontory National Park in South Gippsland Shire (State Victoria ). A large number of islands belonging to Australia are located more south than South Point, above all Tasmania with the southernmost point Southeast Cape (approx. 499 kilometers further south), but also several smaller islands further away from the mainland. The southernmost island in Australian territory is Macquarie Island (coordinates: 54 ° 30 'S, 158 ° 57' E), which is not only considerably further to the east, but also 1,735 kilometers further south than South Point.

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  Sign. On the horizon is Rodondo Island, 10 km away and already part of the state of Tasmania

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  NASA World Wind satellite image of the Wilson Promontory

Coordinates: 39 ° 8 ′ 12.1 ″  S , 146 ° 22 ′ 27.1 ″  E