McLarty Hills SE51-15 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Red desert dunes, isolated hills, and culturally significant Karajarri Country—mapped across the western Great Sandy Desert

Covering McLarty Hills and surrounding Great Sandy Desert country in north-western Western Australia, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides an authoritative regional view of a remarkably remote transition between linear dunefields, spinifex sandplains, stony flats, low hills, and scarce desert wetlands. The landscape forms part of the McLarty subregion and overlaps Karajarri Country, where cultural and ecological values remain inseparable from the terrain.

The sheet is especially valuable for understanding the relationship between the McLarty Hills, extensive red sand ridges, drainage depressions, remote tracks, and the distinctive Dragon Tree Soak area. It brings elevation, vegetation, water features, access corridors, and named places together in one coherent view—supporting ranger operations, land and heritage management, geological investigation, biodiversity research, and emergency coordination.

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, field research, conservation 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

• Dune-to-hills perspective — linear dunefields, spinifex sandplains, stony surfaces, and low uplands presented in one coherent view

• Karajarri Country context — valuable regional mapping across a culturally and environmentally significant Indigenous Protected Area

• Distinctive wetland coverage — understand the Dragon Tree Soak area within its broader desert setting

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, geologists, 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 McLarty Hills, low ridges, and isolated rises

• Long red sand ridges, interdunal swales, and extensive spinifex sandplains

• Dragon Tree Soak and other drainage depressions, claypans, and seasonal water features

• Stony flats, lateritic surfaces, and exposed rocky terrain

• Remote tracks, survey lines, and limited access corridors

• Vegetation patterns, place names, administrative boundaries, and clear positional grids

Access note: Much of this sheet covers remote and culturally significant Country. Confirm current permissions, track conditions, seasonal restrictions, and water availability with the relevant Traditional Owner and land-management authorities before travelling.

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: McLarty Hills SE51-15

• 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

• Karajarri ranger teams, Aboriginal organisations, and cultural heritage professionals

• National park, conservation, and land-management agencies

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Geologists, hydrologists, ecologists, and environmental researchers

• Surveyors, infrastructure planners, and remote field teams

• Educators, expedition historians, and Australian 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 understand the McLarty Hills region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your collection or field kit today.