Explore Dundee Downs, Northern Territory, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dundee Downs, 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 Dundee Downs, 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 Dundee Downs 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 Dundee Downs.
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 | Dundee Downs |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -12.76237 |
| Longitude | 130.51139 |
| Population | 85 |
| Density | 2.1 /km² |
| Area | 40.4 km² |
| Elevation | 30 m |
| Postcode | 0840 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 49 km southwest |
Dundee Downs is a locality in Northern Territory, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 85. The locality covers an area of 40.4 km², giving a population density of about 2.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 30 m above sea level. It lies approximately 49 km southwest of Darwin. Dundee Downs is located at 12.7624°S, 130.5114°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 0840. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Dundee Downs lies under a sky that bleeds ochre and rose as the sun dips low, painting the vast, flat plains in shades of amber and rust. It lies 49.0 km south-west of Darwin City, NT (from Darwin City, NT: bearing 227°T), and is situated 59.5 km south-west of Karama. The land here, a mosaic of dry, scrubby grassland and occasional stands of hardy, wind-battered acacia, stretches towards a horizon that seems to shimmer with heat even in the cooler parts of the day. The air carries the dry, earthy scent of sun-baked soil and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers that bloom in defiant bursts after the scant rains. Occasional outcrops of weathered sandstone, sculpted by millennia of wind and water, punctuate the otherwise unbroken expanse, their surfaces etched with the subtle textures of time. The quiet here is profound, broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth or the distant, mournful cry of a bird of prey.
The history of Dundee Downs is etched not in grand edifices but in the persistent efforts of those who sought sustenance from this challenging landscape. Early pastoral leases carved out large swathes of territory, the legacy of which can still be seen in the scattered, weathered fences and the quiet, stoic endurance of the cattle that graze these ancient lands. The local economy, though modest, is intrinsically tied to the land, with cattle grazing forming the backbone, supplemented by occasional small-scale mining ventures that tap into the region's mineral wealth. This is a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the relentless cycle of the sun, a quiet resilience that has defined Dundee Downs for generations, a subtle strength that underpins the very character of the locality.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Dundee Downs, 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 Dundee Downs.
Detailed location data for Dundee Downs includes the postcode (0840), telephone area code (08), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. 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 Dundee Downs 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. |