Nilpena Well

Nilpena Well is a well in South Australia, Australia. Nilpena Well is situated nearby to the locality Radium Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Radium Hill.

Radium Hill

Mine

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Radium Hill is a former mine site in South Australia which operated from 1906 until 1961. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson, it was Australia's first uranium mine, years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory, and the Mary Kathleen mine in Queensland. Radium Hill is situated 2½ km north of Nilpena Well.

Nilpena Well

Type: Well
Category: body of water
Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-32.35822° or 32° 21′ 30″ south

Longitude

140.60911° or 140° 36′ 33″ east

Elevation

213 metres (699 feet)

Open location code

4RV2JJR5+PJ

GeoNames ID

8835646

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