Illawarra Escarpment

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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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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

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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