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Seaports in Australia
Australia has 66 portsin the World Port Index — 5 large deep-water ports, 8 medium and 53 smaller harbours. They sit on Tasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.
PORTS66
LARGE · MEDIUM5 · 8
ONTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean
By harbour size
Large5 · 8%
Medium8 · 12%
Small24 · 36%
Very small29 · 44%
Biggest ports in Australia
The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.
largeFremantleIndian Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · AU FREmax 350 m
largeMelbourneBass Strait; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · AU MELmax 349 m
largeSydneyTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · AU SYDmax 348 m
largeBrisbaneSouth Pacific Ocean · River (Natural) · AU BNEmax 346 m
largeNewcastleTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · AU NTLmax 300 m
mediumHobartSouth Pacific Ocean · River (Natural) · AU HBAmax 348 m
mediumDarwinTimor Sea; Indian Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · AU DRWmax 345 m
mediumDampierIndian Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · AU DAMmax 340 m
mediumPort LincolnSpencer Gulf; Indian Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · AU PLOmax 330 m
mediumPort KemblaTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · AU PKLmax 300 m
mediumGeelongBass Strait; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · AU GEXmax 265 m
mediumPort AdelaideIndian Ocean · River (Natural) · AU PAE
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