Yorke Peninsula and Clare Valley
Yorke Peninsula begins at the head of the Gulf of St Vincent and to north of the state capital of Adelaide. It is west of the city of Adelaide between the Fleurieu Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park and Port Pirie.
Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park
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There is perhaps no better place to see Yorke Peninsula scenery than Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park. This national park is one of the many coastal parks in South Australia, but none quite have sandy beaches and a rugged coastline within a few kilometres like Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park.
Port Pirie
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Port Pirie is a coastal town on the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, developed around its port and industry.
Burra
Burra is a town of 920 in South Australia's Clare Valley region. It is most known for its Cornish mines, which have been on the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage since 2024.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Wallaroo and Port Broughton.
Wallaroo
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Wallaroo is a coastal town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia and is a popular tourist destination. Along with Kadina and Moonta, Wallaroo forms the Copper Coast, formerly known as the Copper Triangle.
Port Broughton
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Port Broughton is a coastal town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula of South Australia and it's a popular tourist destination. The small township of Fishermans Bay is located nearby.
Edithburgh Jetty
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The dive site Edithburgh Jetty is a shoreline site associated with a major jetty in the town of Edithburgh on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
Edithburgh
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Edithburgh is a coastal town on the eastern side of Yorke Peninsula and is a popular tourist destination. Just 233 km from Adelaide, Edithburgh has a population of around 450.
Clare
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Clare is a town of 3,200 people in the Clare Valley. Clare is the main tourist centre of the Clare Valley. It's a base for exploring the area's wineries, breweries, and national parks.
Port Wakefield
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Port Wakefield is a town at the top of the Yorke Peninsula. It's mainly known for being a gateway town to the Yorke Peninsula, but is also a popular stopover town for travellers headed towards Outback SA, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Moonta
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Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 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.
Ardrossan
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Ardrossan is a coastal town on the eastern side of Yorke Peninsula and is a popular tourist destination. Ardrossan is an easy 90-minute drive from Adelaide.
Port Vincent
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Port Vincent is a coastal town on the eastern side of Yorke Peninsula.
Stansbury
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Stansbury is on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Stansbury is on the eastern side and is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Adelaide which makes it an ideal base to explore the region.
Port Germein
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Port Germein is a small sea-side town in the Australian state of South Australia located about 219 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres north of the city of Port Pirie on the eastern side of South Australia's Spencer Gulf overlooking Germein Bay.
Minlaton
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Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.
Marion Bay
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On the 'foot' of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, Marion Bay is the gateway to Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park.
Port Hughes
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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.
Black Point and Pine Point
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Black Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about 72 kilometres northwest of the state capital of Adelaide.
Yorke Peninsula and Clare Valley
- Type: peninsula with 11,100 residents
- Description: region in South Australia
- Also known as: “Yorke Peninsula”
- Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yorke Peninsula and Clare Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة يوركي”
- Azerbaijani: “York yarımadası”
- Belarusian: “Ёрк”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Ёрк”
- Cebuano: “Yorke Peninsula”
- Chinese: “約克半島”
- Chinese: “约克半岛”
- Czech: “Yorke”
- Dutch: “Yorke-schiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Jorke”
- Estonian: “Yorke’i poolsaar”
- French: “Peninsule de Yorke”
- French: “péninsule de Yorke”
- French: “Péninsule de Yorke”
- Georgian: “იორკი”
- Georgian: “იორკის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Yorke Peninsula”
- German: “Yorke-Halbinsel”
- German: “Yorkehalbinsel”
- Hungarian: “Yorke-félsziget”
- Italian: “Penisola di Yorke”
- Japanese: “ヨーク半島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yorke-halvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yorkehalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Yorke-halvøya”
- Persian: “شبه جزیره یورک”
- Persian: “شبه جزیرهٔ یورک”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره یورک”
- Persian: “یورک پنینسولا”
- Polish: “Yorke”
- Portuguese: “Península de Yorke”
- Russian: “Йорк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Yorke”
- Slovak: “Yorke”
- Slovenian: “polotok Yorke”
- Slovenian: “Yorke Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Yorke Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Yorkes halvö”
- Turkish: “Yorke Yarımadası”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Yorke”
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