Point Souttar, South Australia — 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 Point Souttar, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
| Locality | Point Souttar |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -34.93078 |
| Longitude | 137.2568 |
| Population | 20 |
| Density | 0.4 /km² |
| Area | 49.0 km² |
| Elevation | 19 m |
| Postcode | 5577 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 122 km west |
Point Souttar is a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 20. The locality covers an area of 49.0 km², giving a population density of about 0.4 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 19 m above sea level. It lies approximately 122 km west of Adelaide. Point Souttar is located at 34.9308°S, 137.2568°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5577. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Point Souttar juts out into the vast, indifferent blue of Spencer Gulf, a sentinel of weathered rock and tenacious scrub. It lies 117.7 km west of Morphett Vale, SA (from Morphett Vale, SA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 30.8 km west-south-west of Minlaton. The land here is a study in resilience, a tawny expanse where low, hardy shrubs cling to sandy soil, their leaves often dusted with the fine, ochre powder that the wind so generously distributes. The air, even on a still day, carries a faint, briny tang, a constant whisper of the sea that shapes the very character of the place. Beneath a sky that can shift from a blinding, bleached white at noon to a bruised, dramatic purple at dusk, the landscape possesses a stark, elemental beauty, a place where the raw forces of nature are never far from the surface. The gentle slope towards the water is punctuated by ancient, wind-sculpted formations, their surfaces smoothed by millennia of salt spray and relentless breezes.
Historically, Point Souttar’s fortunes have been tied to the unforgiving but bountiful waters of the gulf and the hardy soil of the peninsula. For generations, fishing boats have set out from its modest shores, their nets cast in hope of a good haul of whiting and snapper, a livelihood often dictated by the whims of the tides and the seasons. Inland, the character of the land shifts subtly, giving way to broader paddocks where sheep graze and the occasional grain silo stands as a silent monument to the agricultural endeavours that have sustained the region. The spirit of Point Souttar is one of quiet persistence, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is absorbed into the present, a subtle undercurrent in the lives of those who call this windswept corner of the Yorke Peninsula home.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Point Souttar, South Australia 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 Point Souttar, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Point Souttar includes the postcode (5577), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Yorke Peninsula Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of 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 Point Souttar 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. |