Tanami E5215 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

The great red desert, goldfields, and one of Australia’s most iconic outback corridors—mapped with authority and continental scale

Covering the Tanami Desert and its surrounding Central Australian interior, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet delivers a clear, authoritative regional overview of one of the largest and most remote deserts in Australia. From endless sandplains and dune fields to gold mining districts, remote communities, and the legendary Tanami Road, it provides essential big-picture context for logistics, exploration, and professional field 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, mining and environmental management, emergency coordination, and serious outback navigation.

🧭 Why this map stands out

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

• True desert-to-corridor perspective — dune fields, mining zones, and access routes shown in one coherent view

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, geologists, 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 vast desert plains and low ranges

• Creeks, claypans, and arid hydrology

• Tanami Road, mining tracks, airstrips, and place names

• Vegetation patterns and administrative / land-use 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: Tanami E5215

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm (W) × 500 mm (H)

🎨 Field-ready print options

All finishes are printed in Australia using high-resolution colour for crisp linework and dependable legibility.

• 📄 Paper (standard) — ideal for planning tables, offices, classrooms, or framed regional reference.

• 💧 DuPont™ Tyvek® (waterproof & tear-proof) — foldable, lightweight, and exceptionally durable for harsh desert and mining environments.

• 🔒 Laminated (write-on / wipe-off) — true encapsulation; annotate routes, leases, or survey areas with whiteboard markers or apply map dots, then wipe clean.

🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services & remote-area coordinators

• Mining, geological & environmental managers

• Engineers and infrastructure planners

• Educators, students & researchers

• Tanami Road travellers and Central Australian 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, brief, and traverse the Tanami with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.