Yirrkala
Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, 18 kilometres southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land.
- Type: Town with 657 residents
- Description: town in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Also known as: “Yirkala”, “Yirr Kala”, “Yirrkala Methodist Mission”, “Yirrkala Mission”, “Yirrkala, Northern Territory”, and “Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia”
Yirrkala
- Category: locality
- Location: East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-12.25392° or 12° 15′ 14″ south
Longitude
136.88997° or 136° 53′ 24″ east
Population
657
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
5QVRPVWQ+CX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Yirrkala” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Yirrkala”
- Basque: “Yirrkala”
- Catalan: “Yirrkala”
- Cebuano: “Yirrkala”
- Dutch: “Yirrkala”
- French: “Yirrkala”
- Galician: “Yirrkala”
- German: “Yirrkala”
- Italian: “Yirrkala”
- Japanese: “イリカラ”
- Latin: “Yirrkala”
- Malayalam: “യിർകല”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yirrkala”
- Persian: “ییرکالا”
- Polish: “Yirrkala”
- Spanish: “Yirrkala”
- Swedish: “Yirrkala”
- Tumbuka: “Yirrkala”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yirrkala”
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