Moonta, South Australia

Moonta
South Australia
Moonta Town Hall
Moonta
Coordinates34°04′00.3″S 137°35′20″E / 34.066750°S 137.58889°E / -34.066750; 137.58889
Population4,627 (UCL 2021)
Established1863
Postcode(s)5558
Elevation44 m (144 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Copper Coast
State electorate(s)Narungga
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.8 °C
75 °F
9.8 °C
50 °F
330.1 mm
13 in
Localities around Moonta:
Moonta Bay North Moonta Cross Roads
Moonta Bay
Port Hughes
Moonta Yelta
Port Hughes Kooroona Moonta Mines
FootnotesClimate

Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 km (103 mi) 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.