Copper mine
Copper mine is a quarry in Copper Coast, South Australia. Copper mine is situated nearby to the suburb Moonta Bay.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wheal Hughes.
Wheal Hughes
Museum
Photo: Fairv8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia in 1840 and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Wheal Hughes is situated 1½ km south of Copper mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moonta and Moonta Bay.
Moonta
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Suburb
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Moonta Bay is situated 5 km west of Copper mine.
Port Hughes
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Copper mine
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.04024° or 34° 2′ 25″ southLongitude
137.6163° or 137° 36′ 59″ eastOpen location code
4QQVXJ58+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 635164263OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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