Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge is an opal-mining town in Northwestern New South Wales. The town still has an outback feel. Tourism is just as big an industry for the Ridge now as mining and artists and designers now call the town home, with galleries and jewellery shops along the main street.
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Latitude
-29.4285° or 29° 25′ 43″ south
Longitude
147.9779° or 147° 58′ 41″ east
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Open location code
5R29HXCH+H5
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Lightning Ridge” goes by many names.
Lightning RidgeAsturian
Lightning RidgeBasque
Lightning Ridge (Hegoaldeko Gales Berria)Basque
Lightning RidgeCatalan
Lightning RidgeCebuano
Лигхтнинг РидгеChechen
閃電山脊Chinese
閃電嶺Chinese
闪电山脊Chinese
闪电岭Chinese
Lightning RidgeDanish
Lightning RidgeDutch
Lightning RidgeItalian
ライトニング・リッジJapanese
ライトニングライドJapanese
Lightning RidgeMalagasy
Lightning RidgeNorwegian Bokmål
Lightning RidgeNorwegian Nynorsk
لایتنینگ ریجPersian
لایتنینگ ریج، نیو ساوت ولزPersian
Lightning RidgePolish
Лайтнинг РиджRussian
Lightning RidgeSwedish
لائٹننگ رج، نیو ساؤتھ ویلزUrdu
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