Capertee Valley | |
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Width | 30 km (19 mi) |
Depth | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
Geology | |
Age | Triassic |
Geography | |
Location | New South Wales, Australia |
Population centers | Glen Davis |
Borders on | South Eastern Highlands |
Coordinates | 33°2′54″S 150°8′4″E / 33.04833°S 150.13444°E [1] |
Topo map | Wallerawang 8931 (1:100000) |
Traversed by | James Blackman |
The Capertee Valley (pronounced Kay-per-tee) is a large canyon in New South Wales, Australia, 135 km (84 mi) north-west of Sydney that is noted to be the second widest of any canyon in the world, exceeding the Grand Canyon.[2][3] It is located 135 km (84 mi) kilometres north-west of Sydney, between Lithgow and Mudgee, in the Central Tablelands, just above the Blue Mountains.
The only population centre of any kind is the village of Glen Davis, which includes a camp-site and often serves as a starting point for bushwalks around the Capertee River and other parts of the Wollemi National Park.