Explore Moonta Bay, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Moonta Bay, 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 Moonta Bay, 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 Moonta Bay 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 Moonta Bay.
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 | Moonta Bay |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Copper Coast Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.05066 |
| Longitude | 137.56849 |
| Population | 2,279 |
| Density | 307.1 /km² |
| Area | 7.4 km² |
| Elevation | 8 m |
| Postcode | 5558 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 136 km northwest |
Moonta Bay is a locality in the Copper Coast Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It has a population of approximately 2,279. The locality covers an area of 7.4 km², giving a population density of about 307.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 8 m above sea level. It lies approximately 136 km northwest of Adelaide. Moonta Bay is located at 34.0507°S, 137.5685°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5558. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Moonta Bay exhales a salt-laced breath, a gentle curve of coastline where ochre earth meets the pale, restless sea. It lies 124.0 km west-north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 299°T), and is situated 13.7 km south-south-west of Wallaroo. The air, often still and carrying the scent of sun-baked scrub, can stir into a brash wind that whips the fine sand across the foreshore, blurring the edges between the land and the wide, watery expanse. Low-slung holiday houses, painted in cheerful blues and yellows, huddle against the prevailing breeze, their verandas open to the broad, luminous sky. Beyond the immediate bay, the land flattens into a mosaic of paddocks, some green with pasture, others the dusty brown of a long, dry spell, all stretching towards a horizon that seems to hold the promise of endless, sun-drenched days.
This stretch of coast, once a vibrant hub of copper mining, still carries the echoes of a boisterous past. The rich veins of ore that once pulsed beneath the earth have long since been exhausted, leaving behind a legacy of stone walls and the faint, mineral tang that sometimes rises from the soil after rain. The local economy, now largely sustained by tourism and the bounty of the sea, hums with a quieter energy than its mining heyday. Fishermen mend their nets by the small harbour, their weathered faces reflecting the steady, unhurried rhythm of life here, while visitors stroll along the jetty, their laughter carried on the breeze. The old smelting works, though silent, stand as a stoic monument to the industry that shaped Moonta Bay, a stark reminder of the labour and fortunes that once defined this sun-kissed corner of the peninsula.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Moonta Bay, 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 Moonta Bay, in the Copper Coast Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Moonta Bay includes the postcode (5558), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Copper Coast Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional 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 Moonta Bay 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. |