Sturt Plateau, Northern Territory — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Sturt Plateau, in the Roper Gulf Region local government area.
| Locality | Sturt Plateau |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Local Government Area | Roper Gulf Region |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -15.62399 |
| Longitude | 132.54414 |
| Area | 12418.2 km² |
| Postcode | 0852 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 396 km south-southeast |
Sturt Plateau is a locality in the Roper Gulf Region local government area of Northern Territory, Australia. The locality covers an area of 12418.2 km². It lies approximately 396 km south-southeast of Darwin. Sturt Plateau is located at 15.6240°S, 132.5441°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 0852. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Sturt Plateau unfolds as a broad canvas of ancient earth, its ochre soils stretching under a sky that bleeds into an astonishing spectrum of blues and purples at sunset. It lies 396.4 km south-south-east of Darwin City, NT (from Darwin City, NT: bearing 153°T), and is situated 74.4 km west of Larrimah. The landscape here is a study in subtle resilience, a mosaic of spinifex grasses, hardy shrubs, and scattered stands of ghost gums that stand like sentinels against the horizon. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a whisper of the deep time etched into the very contours of the land, and in the quiet hours before dawn, a profound stillness settles, broken only by the distant calls of unseen birds.
Historically, the Sturt Plateau has been a place of passage and sustenance, its story interwoven with the traditional custodians who have known its rhythms for millennia. Later, its vastness attracted pastoralists, and the echoes of that era can still be felt in the scattered cattle stations that dot the region, their economies largely tied to the fortunes of the beef industry. While the pace of life on Sturt Plateau is unhurried, there's a quiet industriousness at its core, a deep connection to the land that shapes its character and sustains its people through the cycles of the dry and the wet.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Sturt Plateau, Northern Territory with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Sturt Plateau, in the Roper Gulf Region local government area.
Detailed location data for Sturt Plateau includes the postcode (0852), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Roper Gulf 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.
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 Sturt Plateau is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |