Type: | suburb |
Manton | |
City: | Darwin |
State: | nt |
Coordinates: | -12.8241°N 131.1567°W |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 11 |
Lga: | Litchfield Municipality |
Pop: | 89 |
Location1: | Darwin |
Near-E: | Daly Marrakai |
Near-Sw: | Darwin River Dam Lake Bennett |
Near: | Manton |
Footnotes: | Adjoining suburbs[1] [2] |
Manton is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name is derived from Manton Dam on the Manton River, named by Government Resident B. T. Finniss for his second-in-command James Thomas Manton.[3]