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Everything you need to know about Australia for geography games and satellite imagery — capital, population, time zone, and how to recognise it from above.

Quick facts

Capital
Canberra
Continent
Oceania
Population
26 million
Area
7,692,000 km²
Time zone
AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code
AU

How to spot Australia from satellite imagery

Australia is the sixth-largest country on Earth, the only one to span an entire continent, and one of the easiest large countries to identify from satellite imagery once you know the signals. The combination of an enormous empty interior, distinctive red soils, a coastline dominated by a handful of population clusters, and a unique flora that produces a recognisable greyish-green canopy makes Australia stand out from a single frame in most cases.

This guide covers the dominant signatures of Australian satellite imagery — the Outback, the wheat belt, the coastal cities, and the subtropical north — and how to disambiguate the country from its closest visual cousins.

Read the full satellite guide

Can you find Australia from above?

Test your geography skills on a 3D globe and see how often you place this country correctly.

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