Explore Mortana, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mortana, 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 Mortana, 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 Mortana 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 Mortana.
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 | Mortana |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | The Dc Of Streaky Bay |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -33.01205 |
| Longitude | 134.46102 |
| Population | 23 |
| Density | 0.1 /km² |
| Area | 169.2 km² |
| Elevation | 86 m |
| Postcode | 5671 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 437 km west-northwest |
Mortana is a locality in The Dc Of Streaky Bay local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 23. The locality covers an area of 169.2 km², giving a population density of about 0.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 86 m above sea level. It lies approximately 437 km west-northwest of Adelaide. Mortana is located at 33.0121°S, 134.4610°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5671. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Mortana lies on a vast, ochre plain where the land itself seems to exhale a dry warmth, stretching towards a sky of an astonishing, washed-out blue. It lies 433.2 km west-north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 26.8 km south-east of Streaky Bay. Low, scrubby vegetation, a tenacious carpet of saltbush and hardy grasses, clings to the undulating terrain, broken here and there by hardy stands of mallee. The air, when it stirs, carries the faint, mineral tang of the earth, a scent that speaks of ancient dryness and the patient endurance of life under a relentless sun. Distant hills, softened by the haze of kilometres, form a hazy horizon, their colours shifting from dusty purple to muted grey as the day progresses. The quiet is profound, a living silence punctuated only by the rasp of wind through dry leaves and the distant cry of a bird.
The history of Mortana is etched not in grand monuments, but in the subtle contours of its past, a narrative of resilience and resourcefulness. For generations, this land has supported hardy souls who understood its unforgiving nature, their lives interwoven with the cycles of sheep and the precious, infrequent rains that nourished their flocks. The local economy, once primarily driven by wool and the careful tending of livestock, now also finds a quiet strength in the burgeoning interest of travellers drawn to the raw beauty and profound stillness of this remote corner. Small, weathered farmhouses, their paint long faded by the sun, stand as solitary sentinels against the immensity of the landscape, each a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called Mortana home. The very soil here, a deep, ruddy colour, seems to whisper tales of generations who coaxed a living from its challenging embrace.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Mortana, 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 Mortana, in The Dc Of Streaky Bay local government area.
Detailed location data for Mortana includes the postcode (5671), telephone area code (08), and local government area (The Dc Of Streaky Bay), 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 Mortana 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. |