Illawarra Escarpment

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escarpment geological formation landform

The Illawarra Escarpment is a dramatic sandstone cliff line and forested ridge in New South Wales, Australia, forming a striking backdrop to the coastal plain and supporting rich biodiversity and scenic lookouts.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area 2
Great Escarpment of Eastern Australia 1
Great Escarpment of eastern Australia 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf escarpment ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
landform ⓘ
climate temperate maritime ⓘ
contains Aboriginal heritage sites ⓘ
Brokers Nose ⓘ
Bulli Pass ⓘ
Bulli Pass ⓘ
surface form: Macquarie Pass

Mount Keira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kembla ⓘ
Mount Kiera Ring Track ⓘ
Mount Ousley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Pleasant ⓘ
Robertson escarpment area ⓘ
Sublime Point Lookout ⓘ
surface form: Sublime Point

Sublime Point walking track ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
drainageTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
extendsFrom Royal National Park ⓘ
extendsTo Kiama ⓘ
surface form: Kiama area
formsBackdropTo Illawarra ⓘ
surface form: Illawarra coastal plain
geologicalComposition sandstone ⓘ
hasBiodiversity high ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Dharawal people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wodi Wodi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandformType cliff line ⓘ
forested ridge ⓘ
hasLookout Brokers Nose Lookout ⓘ
Mount Keira Lookout ⓘ
Sublime Point Lookout ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Illawarra Escarpment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area

Illawarra Escarpment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Area
hasVegetationType eucalypt forest ⓘ
subtropical rainforest patches ⓘ
temperate rainforest ⓘ
wet sclerophyll forest ⓘ
highestPointName Mount Keira NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor bushwalking tracks ⓘ
coastal views ⓘ
scenic lookouts ⓘ
sheer cliffs ⓘ
locatedIn Illawarra region ⓘ
locatedNear Tasman Sea ⓘ
nearbyCity Wollongong NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTown Bulli ⓘ
Thirroul ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
overlooks Port Kembla ⓘ
Shellharbour ⓘ
Wollongong NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Great Escarpment of eastern Australia ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
supportsActivity bushwalking ⓘ
hang gliding ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
paragliding ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
threatenedBy bushfire ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
urban encroachment ⓘ
usedFor water catchment protection ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wollongong → borderedBy → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
Eastern Highlands → contains → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Escarpment of eastern Australia
Illawarra → hasGeographicalFeature → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
Illawarra → hasMountainRange → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
Wollongong → hasMountainRange → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
Illawarra → hasProtectedArea → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area
Illawarra Escarpment → hasProtectedArea → Illawarra Escarpment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area
Illawarra Escarpment → hasProtectedArea → Illawarra Escarpment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Area
University of Wollongong → isLocatedNear → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illawarra escarpment
Eastern Cordillera → partOf → Illawarra Escarpment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Escarpment of Eastern Australia