Explore Port Victoria, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Port Victoria, 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 Port Victoria, 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 Port Victoria 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 Port Victoria.
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 | Port Victoria |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.51233 |
| Longitude | 137.51224 |
| Population | 344 |
| Density | 6.1 /km² |
| Area | 56.8 km² |
| Elevation | 4 m |
| Postcode | 5573 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 110 km west-northwest |
Port Victoria is a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 344. The locality covers an area of 56.8 km², giving a population density of about 6.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 4 m above sea level. It lies approximately 110 km west-northwest of Adelaide. Port Victoria is located at 34.5123°S, 137.5122°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5573. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Port Victoria unfolds onto the eastern shores of the Yorke Peninsula, a place where the land breathes a sigh of ochre and salt. It lies 109.6 km west-north-west of Adelaide, SA (from Adelaide, SA: bearing 294°T), and is situated 22.9 km south-west of Maitland. The low, scrub-covered hills, dusted with the hardy resilience of drought-resistant flora, gently surrender to a coastline sculpted by the ceaseless whisper of the Spencer Gulf. Here, the light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a peculiar clarity, bleaching the colour from the distant water and casting long, indigo shadows across the pale, sun-baked earth. The air, a constant companion, carries the briny tang of the sea, a subtle perfume that clings to everything, from the weathered timber of the jetty to the faded paint of the few houses clustered around the harbour’s embrace.
This quiet harbour town, Port Victoria, carries the echoes of a bygone era, its history etched into the very grain of its being. Once a vital port for the burgeoning wheat industry that defined much of the peninsula, its jetties and sheds stand as silent sentinels to a time when grain ships, their hulls low in the water, would gather in the sheltered waters. The local economy, now leaning more towards tourism and modest fishing, still retains that connection to the land and sea, a gentle ebb and flow dictated by the seasons and the bounty of the gulf. Visitors are drawn to the unpretentious charm, the clear, calm waters of the bay, and the sense of stepping back into a simpler rhythm, where the loudest sounds are often the cry of a distant seabird or the gentle lapping of waves against the shore.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Port Victoria, 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 Port Victoria, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Port Victoria includes the postcode (5573), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Yorke Peninsula 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 Port Victoria 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. |