Tennant Creek

Tennant Creek is a town in the of Australia. It has a population of around 3,500. It is known as the Territory’s heart of gold mainly due to the people, but also in reference to the gold mining history.
  • Type: Town with 2,950 residents
  • Description: town in the Northern Territory, Australia
  • Also known as: Tennant Creek, Northern Territory” and “Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tennant Creek Airport and Kathleen Park.

Aerodrome
is a small regional airport located near Tennant Creek, , . Located one kilometre from the remote outback township of Tennant Creek, the airport caters to mining companies and small, predominantly Aboriginal…

Tennant Creek

Latitude
-19.6482° or 19° 38′ 53″ south
Longitude
134.19° or 134° 11′ 24″ east
Population
2,950
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
IATA airport code
TCA
United Nations Location Code
AU TCA
Open location code
5QGP952Q+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1852930060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2060436
Wiki­data ID
Q18015
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tennant Creek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تينانت كريك
  • Asturian: Tennant Creek
  • Basque: Tennant Creek
  • Catalan: Tennant Creek
  • Cebuano: Tennant Creek
  • Chinese: 坦農特溪
  • Chinese: 滕南特克里克
  • Chinese: 車站
  • Chinese: 鄧南特溪
  • Czech: Tennant Creek
  • Dutch: Tennant Creek
  • Egyptian Arabic: تينانت كريك
  • French: Tennant Creek
  • Georgian: ტენანტ-კრიკი
  • German: Tennant Creek
  • Hebrew: טננט קריק
  • Irish: Tennant Creek
  • Italian: Tennant Creek
  • Japanese: テナントクリーク
  • Lithuanian: Tenant Krikas
  • Malagasy: Tennant Creek
  • Malayalam: ടെന്നന്റ് ക്രീക്ക്
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tennant Creek
  • Persian: تننت کریک
  • Polish: Tennant Creek
  • Portuguese: Tennant Creek
  • Romanian: Tennant Creek
  • Russian: Теннант-Крик
  • Spanish: Tennant Creek
  • Swedish: Tennant Creek
  • Turkish: Tennant Creek
  • Ukrainian: Теннант-Крік
  • Urdu: ٹیننٹ کریک

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