Charnley SE51-04 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Iconic Kimberley gorges, powerful escarpments, and the central-western Gibb River Road—mapped with authority

Covering the Charnley River and surrounding central-western Kimberley, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear, authoritative overview of one of the Gibb River Road’s most spectacular sections. Ancient ranges, deeply incised gorges, seasonal waterfalls, river valleys, and remote station access routes form a rugged landscape where reliable topographic context is invaluable.

The sheet includes Dalmanyi, also known as Bell Gorge, Adcock Gorge, Galvans Gorge, Manning Gorge, the Charnley River, and Mount Barnett. It follows the Gibb River Road from the Kangaroo Springs Road turn-off towards Mount Barnett and places its celebrated gorge country within the wider network of escarpments, waterways, pastoral tracks, and remote access routes.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire Australian continent—ideal for regional planning, land management, emergency coordination, and serious outback navigation.

Explore adjoining sheets and confirm coverage using the official AUSTopo 1:250,000 map index.

🧭 Why this map stands out

• Updated mapping (2025) — aligned to modern Australian datums for confident, current use

• Exceptional gorge coverage — Bell, Adcock, Galvans, and Manning gorges shown within their wider terrain

• Essential Gibb River Road context — understand how the road, side tracks, ranges, waterways, and major attractions connect

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, engineers, researchers, and land managers

• Dual coordinate systems — seamless transition between office planning and field navigation

• Printed in Australia — precision output, locally finished and quality-checked

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Contours and spot elevations across rugged Kimberley ranges, escarpments, plateaus, and gorge country

• The Charnley River, Barnett River, tributary creeks, pools, springs, waterfalls, and seasonal drainage systems

• Dalmanyi/Bell Gorge, Adcock Gorge, Galvans Gorge, Manning Gorge, and Mount Barnett

• The Gibb River Road, gorge access tracks, station routes, pastoral infrastructure, and named localities

• Clear grid overlays for accurate positioning and large-area planning

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Charnley SE51-04

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm (W) × 500 mm (H)

💧 Field-Ready Options for Rugged Use

Choose the format that best suits your intended use—from lightweight trip planning to demanding all-weather fieldwork.

✅ Standard Paper

• Printed on 100 gsm FSC® coated paper

• Produces crisp, clear text and finely defined map symbols

• Lightweight and convenient for general reference or protected field use

• An economical choice for trip planning, research and office applications

✅ Waterproof and Tearproof Tyvek®

• Made from genuine DuPont™ Tyvek®, an advanced synthetic material composed of pure polyethylene fibres

• Waterproof, tear-resistant, foldable and extremely lightweight

• Printed using HP pigment-based inks for a permanent waterproof finish

• Suitable for backpacks, vehicles and exposed field conditions

• Ideal for bushwalkers, emergency personnel and outdoor professionals

• Provides exceptional durability without the weight and bulk of lamination

✅ Laminated

• Fully encapsulated between two 80-micron gloss laminate sheets

• Highly resistant to water, stains, smudges and tearing

• Draw on the surface with whiteboard markers for route planning or instruction

• Use Mark-It-Dots to identify campsites, hazards, access points or other locations without marking the map permanently

• Wipeable and reusable

• Ideal for offices, classrooms, operations centres and repeated field reference

🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Environmental, conservation, and pastoral land managers

• Geologists, surveyors, researchers, and infrastructure planners

• Kimberley tourism operators and expedition planners

• Experienced four-wheel-drive travellers

🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map we supply is printed and finished in Australia, colour-managed for accuracy, hand-checked, and packed with care—so it arrives ready for real-world use.

Plan, brief, and explore the Charnley region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.