Minigwal SH51-07 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Great Victoria Desert wilderness, salt-lake country, and remote expedition routes—mapped across one of Australia’s least accessible interiors

Covering Minigwal and the surrounding Great Victoria Desert country east of the Goldfields, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet delivers an authoritative regional view of a vast and exceptionally remote landscape. Red sand ridges, spinifex and mallee plains, stony ground, salt lakes, claypans, rocky features, and scarce natural water sources define terrain where reliable large-area context is essential.

The sheet includes the western approaches to the Plumridge Lakes reserve system and a sparse network of desert tracks linking isolated natural and operational features. With terrain, vegetation, hydrology, access routes, and place names presented in one coherent view, it is designed for conservation work, geological and heritage research, emergency planning, and experienced travellers undertaking properly prepared desert expeditions.

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

• True desert-scale perspective — sand-ridge country, salt lakes, rocky features, and remote access routes shown across an immense area

• Important conservation context — valuable coverage adjoining the Plumridge Lakes nature-reserve landscape

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, researchers, surveyors, 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 sand ridges, low rocky rises, stony plains, and subdued desert terrain

• Salt lakes, claypans, drainage lines, rockholes, soaks, and other scarce water features

• Minigwal place names and the western approaches to the Plumridge Lakes reserve system

• Remote roads, desert tracks, access routes, and isolated infrastructure

• Spinifex, mallee, woodland, and shrubland vegetation patterns

• Conservation and administrative boundaries where mapped

• 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: Minigwal SH51-07

• 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

• Aboriginal organisations, rangers, and heritage professionals

• Environmental, conservation, and land-use managers

• Geologists, surveyors, researchers, and infrastructure planners

• Experienced desert travellers and expedition planners

• Educators 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 Minigwal region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.