Explore Beagle Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Beagle Gulf, NT map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Beagle Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Northern Territory or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Beagle Gulf and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Beagle Gulf.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Beagle Gulf |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -12.24664 |
| Longitude | 130.58438 |
| Area | 5873.3 km² |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 37 km northwest |
Beagle Gulf is a locality in Northern Territory, Australia. The locality covers an area of 5873.3 km². It lies approximately 37 km northwest of Darwin. Beagle Gulf is located at 12.2466°S, 130.5844°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving.
Beagle Gulf is a shimmering expanse where the ochre earth meets an endless blue. It lies 37.1 km north-west of Darwin City, NT (from Darwin City, NT: bearing 311°T), and is situated 39.8 km west-north-west of Karama. The air here carries the scent of salt and dry grass, a constant reminder of the proximity of the sea and the vastness of the land. Mangrove-lined shores give way to broad, flat plains that stretch towards a horizon often softened by a haze of heat. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, bleeds across the water in hues of molten gold and bruised plum, painting the scattered islands in a deep, resonant glow. The land feels ancient, unhurried, its contours shaped by monsoonal rains and the patient work of wind and sun.
This waterway has long been a conduit, a place of passage and sustenance. For millennia, Indigenous peoples have navigated its waters and lived from its bounty, their connection to this place as deep and enduring as the tides that ebb and flow. Later, European explorers charted its coastline, and the area around Beagle Gulf became a focus for early settlement and resource extraction. The local economy, historically tied to pastoralism and the export of livestock and minerals, now also embraces tourism, drawing travellers keen to experience the raw beauty of the Northern Territory's Top End. Darwin, the neighbouring capital city, acts as a vital hub, its harbour a constant thrum of activity that spills onto the waters of Beagle Gulf.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Beagle Gulf, Northern Territory. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Beagle Gulf.
Detailed location data for Beagle Gulf includes the postcode, telephone area code (08). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Beagle Gulf is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |