Explore Yuelamu, Northern Territory, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Yuelamu, 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 Yuelamu, 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 Yuelamu 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 Yuelamu.
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 | Yuelamu |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Local Government Area | Central Desert Region |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -22.26444 |
| Longitude | 132.20353 |
| Population | 228 |
| Density | 8.6 /km² |
| Area | 26.6 km² |
| Elevation | 681 m |
| Postcode | 0872 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 1099 km south |
Yuelamu is a locality in the Central Desert Region local government area of Northern Territory, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 228. The locality covers an area of 26.6 km², giving a population density of about 8.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 681 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1099 km south of Darwin. Yuelamu is located at 22.2644°S, 132.2035°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 0872. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Yuelamu sits under a sky that stretches into infinity, a vast canvas of cerulean during the day that deepens to an inky, star-dusted expanse at night. It lies 234.5 km north-west of Alice Springs, NT (from Alice Springs, NT: bearing 313°T), and is situated 42.4 km east of Yuendumu. The land here is a study in ochre and rust, a mosaic of spinifex grasses and hardy shrubs clinging to the ancient, sun-baked earth. Gentle undulations in the terrain hint at the deep geological time that has shaped this country, and the air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of distant horizons and the enduring spirit of the desert. Even the shadows cast by the acacia trees seem to possess a certain weight, a testament to the relentless, yet beautiful, power of the sun.
The story of Yuelamu is inextricably linked to the pastoral leases that have defined life in this part of the Central Desert for generations, where cattle stations once dotted the landscape, their livelihoods tied to the sparse but resilient grazing. While large-scale grazing has receded in some areas, the echoes of that history remain, a quiet persistence in the face of the formidable environment. The Indigenous heritage of this region is profound, a continuous thread woven through millennia, and the subtle shifts in the colour of the earth, particularly at dawn and dusk, seem to hold the secrets of those who have walked this land for countless years. The journey to Yuelamu itself is a pilgrimage, a shedding of the familiar, a stepping into a place where the immense scale of the natural world reasserts its ancient, quiet authority.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Yuelamu, 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 Yuelamu, in the Central Desert Region local government area.
Detailed location data for Yuelamu includes the postcode (0872), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Central Desert 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 Yuelamu 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. |