Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains, immediately to the west of the sprawling metropolitan area of Sydney, constitute one of the most accessible areas of relatively unspoilt natural highland beauty in New South Wales.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popular Destinations
Lithgow
Lithgow is a town that developed around the coal mining industry, just west of the Blue Mountains. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.Blue Mountains National Park
The Blue Mountains National Park is a large, world Heritage-listed national park occupying much of the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.Katoomba
Katoomba is the largest and best-known town in the Blue Mountains, around 100 km west of Sydney and 1,017 m above sea level. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.Jenolan Caves
The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain range in New South Wales
- Category: region
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Destinations
Blackheath
Blackheath is a small town located between Medlow Bath and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains. Photo: 2mthswinter, CC BY-SA 4.0.Wollemi National Park
Wollemi National Park is just 100 km north-west of Australia's largest city, Sydney and yet it contains the largest wilderness area in New South Wales. Photo: Sardaka, CC BY 3.0.Oberon
Oberon is a small town in the western falls of the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.Leura
Leura is a small picturesque town in the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located some 100 km from central Sydney and situated at an altitude of 985 m above sea level. Photo: elephass, CC BY 2.0.Gardens of Stone National Park
The Gardens of Stone National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales in eastern Australia. Photo: Sardaka, CC BY 3.0.Kanangra-Boyd National Park
Kanangra Boyd National Park is a national park some 180 km west of Sydney and adjacent to Jenolan Caves. Photo: Dhx1, CC0.Springwood
Springwood is a town about halfway up the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Bwalker2777, CC BY-SA 4.0.Mount Victoria
Mount Victoria is a small township in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls is a small town within the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park in Australia. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.Glenbrook
Glenbrook is a suburb of 5,000 people in the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Photo: Sardaka, CC BY 3.0.Lawson
Lawson is a town in the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Clytemnestra, CC BY 3.0.Blue Mountains
Latitude of center
-33.5671° or 33° 34' 2" southLongitude of center
150.4076° or 150° 24' 28" eastElevation
978 metres (3,209 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
way 889118010GeoNames ID
6615604Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Blue Mountains
- Arabic: الجبال الزرقاء
- Aragonese: Monts Azuls
- Armenian: Երկնագույն լեռներ
- Armenian: Կապոյտ Լեռներ
- Armenian: Կապույտ լեռներ
- Basque: Mendi Urdinak (Australia)
- Basque: Mendi Urdinak
- Belarusian: Блакітныя горы
- Catalan: Muntanyes Blaves d'Austràlia
- Chinese: 蓝山
- Chinese: 藍山
- Croatian: Blue Mountains
- Croatian: Modre planine
- Czech: Blue Mountains
- Czech: Modré hory
- Danish: Blue Mountains
- Dutch: Blue Mountains
- Esperanto: Blua Montaro
- Finnish: Blue Mountains
- French: Montagnes Bleues
- French: montagnes Bleues
- Georgian: ცისფერი მთები
- German: Blue Mountains
- Greek: Γαλάζια Βουνά
- Greek: Μπλου Μάουντενς
- Hebrew: ההרים הכחולים
- Hungarian: Kék-hegység
- Indonesian: Blue Mountains
- Indonesian: Pegunungan Biru
- Indonesian: Pegunungan Blue
- Italian: Blue Mountains
- Japanese: ブルーマウンテンズ
- Japanese: ブルーマウンテン山脈 (オーストラリア)
- Japanese: ブルー・マウンテンズ (ニューサウスウェールズ州)
- Japanese: ブルー・マウンテンズ
- Korean: 블루마운틴스
- Lithuanian: Mėlynieji kalnai
- Lithuanian: Žydrieji kalnai
- Malay (generic): Pergunungan Biru (New South Wales)
- Norwegian: Blue Mountains
- Norwegian Bokmål: Blue Mountains
- Persian: کوه های آبی
- Persian: کوه های ابی
- Persian: کوههای آبی
- Polish: Góry Błękitne
- Polish: Park Narodowy Gór Błękitnych
- Portuguese: Montanhas Azuis
- Portuguese: Região das Montanhas Azuis
- Romanian: Blue Mountains
- Russian: Большие Голубые горы
- Russian: Голубые горы
- Russian: Парк Синие Горы
- Serbo-Croatian: Modre planine
- Slovak: Modré vrchy
- Spanish: Blue Mountains
- Spanish: Montanas Azules
- Spanish: Montañas Azules
- Swahili (generic): Milima ya Buluu
- Swedish: Blue Mountains
- Tamil: நீல மலைகள்
- Turkish: Mavi Dağlar (Avustralya)
- Turkish: Mavi Dağlar
- Ukrainian: Блакитні гори
- Venetian: Montagne Blu
- Vietnamese: Dãy núi Blue
- Welsh: Mynyddoedd Glas
- Pegunungan Biru Australia
Popular Destinations in New South Wales
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