Explore Angepena, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Angepena, SA 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 Angepena, South Australia, 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 South Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Angepena 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 Angepena.
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 | Angepena |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Pastoral Unincorporated Area |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -30.65965 |
| Longitude | 138.86789 |
| Area | 366.4 km² |
| Postcode | 5730 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 475 km north |
Angepena is a locality in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 366.4 km². It lies approximately 475 km north of Adelaide. Angepena is located at 30.6596°S, 138.8679°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5730. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Angepena lies where the land begins its slow surrender, a place of vast, sun-bleached skies meeting ochre-dusted plains. It lies 438.1 km north of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 2°T), and is situated 14.7 km south-west of Nepabunna. The terrain here is a study in resilience, a mosaic of sparse, salt-tolerant scrub and the occasional hardy acacia, their skeletal branches clawing at the immense blue. Dry creek beds, like ancient veins, crisscross the earth, hinting at a past, more generous rainfall, their sandy floors now hosting only the whisper of the wind and the scuttling of unseen creatures. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent of baked earth and distant sheep, and in the late afternoon, the light softens to a honeyed hue, bathing the sparse vegetation in a warm, ephemeral glow. The silence here is profound, broken only by the bleating of sheep or the distant rumble of a ute, a sound that seems to absorb into the very quietness of the landscape.
The history of Angepena is etched not in grand monuments but in the patient perseverance of those who have worked this unforgiving country. Its economy, like that of many settlements in this region, has long been tied to the wool industry, the hardy Merino sheep a constant presence, their wool a vital export that has sustained generations. While the land offers little else in the way of obvious bounty, its mineral wealth has also been a quiet contributor, with small-scale mining operations contributing to the local ebb and flow of prosperity over the years. The character of Angepena is one of understated toughness, a stoic acceptance of the land's limitations and a deep-seated respect for the cycles of nature. Life here moves to a different cadence, one dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a quiet testament to the enduring human spirit in the face of elemental forces.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Angepena, South Australia. 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 Angepena, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.
Detailed location data for Angepena includes the postcode (5730), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Pastoral Unincorporated Area), 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 Angepena 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. |