The largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere is in #Australia.

Source; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenoom,_Western_Australia

#Wittenoom is a former town and a declared contaminated site, 1,420 kilometres (880 mi) north-north-east of #Perth, in the Hamersley Range in the #Pilbara region of Western Australia. The declared contaminated site comprises 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres), making it the "largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere".

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