Moonta Bay
Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of Northern Yorke Peninsula South Australia, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 2,280 residents
- Description: town in South Australia
- Also known as: “Moonta Bay, South Australia”, “Moonta Bay, South Australia, Australia”, and “Port Moonta”
- Neighbors: Moonta and Port Hughes
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moonta Cemetery.
Moonta Cemetery
Cemetery
The Moonta Cemetery in Moonta, South Australia was established under the Moonta Cemetery Trust in May 1866. Burials had occurred prior to that, with the town having been surveyed and land sold in March 1863. Moonta Cemetery is situated 3 km southeast of Moonta Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Hughes and Moonta.
Port Hughes
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Port Hughes is a coastal town of 600 people on the western side of Yorke Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination, and the towns of Moonta Bay and Moonta are nearby.
Moonta
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Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 166 km north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.
Moonta Bay
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.05502° or 34° 3′ 18″ southLongitude
137.56365° or 137° 33′ 49″ eastPopulation
2,280Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4QQVWHV7+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 33119332OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2063034Wikidata ID
Q6907999
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to French—“Moonta Bay” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Moonta Bay”
- Dutch: “Moonta Bay, South Australia”
- French: “Moonta Bay”
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