Munro SE51-14 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Nyangumarta Country, immense dune fields, and little-travelled desert corridors—mapped across the western Great Sandy Desert

Covering Munro and the remote Great Sandy Desert inland from Western Australia’s Eighty Mile Beach region, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides an authoritative regional overview of a vast, sparsely accessed landscape. Long parallel dunes, broad sandy swales, spinifex plains, low rocky rises and intermittent drainage features define country where established roads are scarce and dependable geographic context is essential.

Much of the sheet lies within Nyangumarta Country and the wider Nyangumarta Warrarn Indigenous Protected Area, which extends from the desert interior towards the coast. The map brings together landforms, water features, named localities, boundaries and a limited network of exploration and access tracks—making it valuable for Traditional Owner land management, environmental programs, geological fieldwork, emergency coordination and carefully prepared desert operations.

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, exploration support, emergency coordination, and serious desert navigation.

Need to confirm adjoining sheets or coverage before ordering? View 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 — dunes, plains, drainage and sparse access routes shown in one coherent view

• Nyangumarta Warrarn context — valuable for understanding and managing a vast Indigenous Protected Area landscape

• Professional-grade cartography — useful for cultural, environmental, exploration and emergency operations

• 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 low ranges, rocky rises, breakaways and desert plains

• Extensive longitudinal dune fields, sandy swales and spinifex vegetation patterns

• Creeks, floodouts, claypans, soaks, wells and other intermittent water features

• Exploration tracks, remote access routes, airstrips and isolated infrastructure

• Named natural features and administrative or protected-area boundaries

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

Remote access note: The Munro sheet covers exceptionally isolated Country with very limited services and many routes that may be unmaintained, restricted or absent on the ground. Confirm Traditional Owner permissions, permits, track conditions, seasonal closures, fuel, water and communications before travel; use this map alongside current local advice and appropriate navigation, recovery and emergency equipment.

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Munro SE51-14

• 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

• Nyangumarta rangers, heritage teams and on-Country project partners

• Conservation, environmental and land-management professionals

• Geological, mineral-exploration and field-support teams

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Surveyors, researchers and infrastructure planners

• Experienced desert travellers and expedition planners

🇦🇺 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 and understand the remote Munro region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your field kit today.