Maralinga
in Maralinga Tjarutja of South Australia, Australia
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Yalata Mission Airport (92 mi) - Nullabor Motel Airport (98 mi)
- Ceduna Airport (184 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -30.159 and 131.606 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -30° 9' 31" and E 131° 36' 22"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 04:40 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Adelaide
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:18 am and 6:01 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 32.370 and -64.654 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Discover Maralinga
Maralinga in Maralinga Tjarutja (South Australia) is a town in Australia about 1,076 mi (or 1,732 km) west of Canberra, the country's capital city.
Current time in Maralinga is now 04:40 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Australia / Adelaide with an UTC offset of 9.5 hours. We know of 3 airports near Maralinga. The closest airport in Australia is Yalata Mission Airport in a distance of 92 mi (or 147 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Maralinga
Maralinga in the remote western areas of South Australia was the home of the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara Indigenous Australian people. Maralinga was the site of the secret British nuclear tests in the 1950s. The site measures about 3,300 km² in area.
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
British nuclear tests at Maralinga occurred between 1955 and 1963 at the Maralinga site, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area, in South Australia. A total of seven nuclear tests were performed, with approximate yields ranging from 1 to 27 kilotonnes of TNT (to TJ). The site was also used for hundreds of minor trials, many of which were intended to investigate the effects of fire or non-nuclear explosions on atomic weapons.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Маралинга
