Highest Point Claims
Mount Canobolas is as claimed the highest point in New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range, but is not, as is sometimes claimed, the highest point between Australia's Great Dividing Range and Africa, with both Mount Zeil in Australia's Northern Territory and Mount Woodroffe in South Australia being higher, at 1,531 metres and 1,435 metres respectively. This would in any case be an insignificant claim to fame, since many of the tallest peaks in the Great Dividing Range are in fact further west than Mount Canobolas is. For example, Mount Bogong in Victoria at 1,986 metres and 36°44′S 147°18′E / 36.733°S 147.3°E / -36.733; 147.3 is 591 metres higher and almost a degree and a half longitude further west. This translates to a difference of around 125 kilometres using the degree length formula.
The islands of Réunion and Madagascar also have higher peaks and are between the Great Dividing Range and Africa.
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