Malcolm Special SI51-07 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Cape Arid wilderness, historic telegraph country, and the wild eastern Recherche coast—captured in one extended special sheet

Covering Point Malcolm, Israelite Bay, and adjoining Cape Arid country on Western Australia’s remote south coast, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 special sheet brings together a remarkable transition from rolling sandplain and woodland to vegetated dunes, broad beaches, salt lakes, claypans, and a rocky inland scarp. Offshore islands and an intricate coastline complete a compelling regional picture of one of Australia’s most isolated coastal landscapes.

The map provides valuable context across the eastern Cape Arid region, including the Israelite Bay and Point Malcolm localities, the eastern Recherche coast, remote access tracks, and the historic Old Telegraph Line corridor. It is an excellent planning and reference map for conservation work, heritage research, regional operations, and experienced travellers tackling this demanding country.

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 remote-area navigation.

Need to confirm adjoining sheets or wider coverage? Explore 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

• Extended special-sheet coverage — a wider 900 mm format captures this remote coast and its inland approaches in one coherent view

• Coast-to-interior perspective — beaches, islands, dunes, salt lakes, sandplain, and rocky uplands shown together

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

• Dual coordinate systems — supports smooth transitions 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 the inland scarp, sandplain, coastal dunes, and low-relief terrain

• Salt lakes, claypans, wetlands, beaches, coastal drainage, and offshore islands

• Point Malcolm, Israelite Bay, and the eastern Cape Arid and Recherche coastal country

• Remote roads and tracks, the historic telegraph corridor, heritage localities, and place names

• Vegetation patterns, protected-area context, and administrative boundaries

• 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: Malcolm Special SI51-07

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 900 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

• Conservation, park, coastal, and marine managers

• Geologists, surveyors, researchers, and heritage specialists

• Experienced 4WD travellers and expedition planners

• Educators, historians, and map collectors

🇦🇺 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, research, and explore the Malcolm–Israelite Bay region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo special sheet to your kit today.