Wittenoom
Wittenoom is a former mining town and a declared contaminated site, 1,420 kilometres north-north-east of Perth, in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
- Type: Locality with 49 residents
- Description: former townsite located within the Wittenoom Asbestos Hazard Zone in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Ngambigunha”, “Wittenoom, vestul australiei”, “Wittenoom, WE”, “Wittenoom, Western Australia”, and “Wittenoom, Western Australia, Australia”
Wittenoom
- Category: former town
- Location: Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.23943° or 22° 14′ 22″ south
Longitude
118.33732° or 118° 20′ 14″ east
Population
49
Elevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)
IATA airport code
WIT
UN/LOCODE
AU WIT
Open location code
5P9WQ86P+6W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Wittenoom” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويتنوم”
- Armenian: “Վիտտենում”
- Chinese: “威特努姆”
- Dutch: “Wittenoom”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويتنوم”
- Estonian: “Wittenoom”
- French: “Wittenoom”
- German: “Wittenoom”
- Japanese: “ウィットヌーン”
- Persian: “ویتنوم، استرالیای غربی”
- Persian: “ویتنوم”
- Polish: “Wittenoom”
- Portuguese: “Wittenoom”
- Romanian: “Wittenoom”
- Russian: “Уиттенум”
- Spanish: “Wittenoom”
- Swedish: “Wittenoom”
- Ukrainian: “Віттенум”
- Urdu: “وائٹنوم، مغربی آسٹریلیا”
- “Wittenoom”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mulga Downs and Youngaleena.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount Watkins and Weano Gorge.
Western Australia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Perth and Fremantle.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.