Explore East Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Arnhem, 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 East Arnhem, 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 East Arnhem 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 East Arnhem.
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 | East Arnhem |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Local Government Area | East Arnhem Region |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -12.63568 |
| Longitude | 135.7785 |
| Area | 50168.4 km² |
| Postcode | 0822 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 536 km east |
East Arnhem is a locality in the East Arnhem Region local government area of Northern Territory, Australia. The locality covers an area of 50168.4 km². It lies approximately 536 km east of Darwin. East Arnhem is located at 12.6357°S, 135.7785°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 0822. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
East Arnhem breathes a raw, untamed beauty under a sky that stretches to infinity. It lies 536.0 km east of Darwin City, NT (from Darwin City, NT: bearing 93°T), and is situated 14.8 km south of Gapuwiyak. The land here is a mosaic of ochre earth, burnt umber, and the deep, bruised green of hardy scrub, all sloping towards a coastline where the turquoise of the Arafura Sea meets sand the colour of crushed bone. Salt-laced air, thick with the scent of eucalyptus and the distant, subtle perfume of flowering wattles, hangs heavy, particularly in the early mornings before the sun truly asserts its dominion. The terrain itself is a study in resilience, a place of weathered rock formations and ancient, gnarled trees that seem to have wrestled their existence from the very bedrock, their branches reaching out like supplicating hands. Later in the day, as the sun begins its descent, the light bleeds across the landscape in hues of molten gold and rose, painting the sparse vegetation in shades of deep violet and fiery orange.
The history of East Arnhem is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the deep connection to country that permeates every aspect of life. For millennia, this land has been the ancestral home of Indigenous Australians, their stories and traditions woven into the very fabric of the landscape, whispered by the wind through the spinifex and reflected in the placid waters of hidden billabongs. The more recent chapters of East Arnhem’s story are marked by a pioneering drive, a rugged determination to carve a livelihood from this formidable environment. The economy, though varied, often leans on the bounty of the sea, with fishing boats returning to small harbours laden with the day’s catch, their weathered hulls bearing the salt-spray of countless voyages. Further inland, the potential of the earth is explored, though always with a respect for the ancient rhythms of the land, a delicate balance maintained by those who call East Arnhem home.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of East Arnhem, 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 East Arnhem, in the East Arnhem Region local government area.
Detailed location data for East Arnhem includes the postcode (0822), telephone area code (08), and local government area (East Arnhem Region), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very 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 East Arnhem is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 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. |