Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

Blue Mountains New South Wales
The Three Sisters sandstone rock formation, one of the region's best-known attractions
Coordinates	33°43′05″S 150°18′38″E / 33.71806°S 150.31056°E / -33.71806; 150.31056[1]
Population	162,000 (2006?)[2]
• Density	14.21/km2 (36.8/sq mi)
Area	11,400 km2 (4,401.6 sq mi)
Location	50 km (31 mi) NW of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Blue Mountains, City of Hawkesbury, City of Lithgow and Oberon Shire
State electorate(s)	Blue Mountains, Penrith, Bathurst, Hawkesbury, Londonderry and Riverstone
Federal division(s)	Macquarie, Lindsay, and Calare
Localities around Blue Mountains: Central West Central West Hunter Central West Blue Mountains Western Sydney Southern Tablelands Southern Tablelands Macarthur

The Blue Mountains is a region in New South Wales, Australia. The foothills start about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney.^[3] The area begins on the west side of the Nepean River. It goes west as far as Coxs River.^[4] The Blue Mountains is an Australian natural wonder and World Heritage-listed area.^[5]

1. ↑ "Mount Piddington". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
2. ↑ Result based on totalling of population of the 4 LGAs (via LGA's wikipages) that make up the region.
3. ↑ Gregory's New South Wales State Road Map, Map 220, 11th Edition, Gregory's Publishing Company
4. ↑ The Blue Mountains Rediscovered, Chris Cunningham (Kangaroo Press) 1996, p.33
5. ↑ "Beyond the city". Business Events Sydney. Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-08-15. {{cite news}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)