Mount Zeil, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Zeil
State:nt
Coordinates:-23.2821°N 132.362°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:83
Established:4 April 2007
Postcode:0872[2]
Area:6692
Area Footnotes:[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:1248
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin City
Stategov:Stuart[4]
Fedgov:Lingiari[5]
Maxtemp:28.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Mintemp:13.3
Rainfall:282.8
Near-N:Lake Mackay
Anmatjere
Near-Ne:Anmatjere
Near-Se:Burt Plain
Near-S:Mereenie
Namatjira
Near-Sw:Mereenie
Near-W:Kunparrka
Mereenie
Near-Nw:Lake Mackay
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[7] [8]

Mount Zeil is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1] [2]

The locality consists of the following land:[9] [8]

  1. The Derwent pastoral lease in the north-west
  2. The Narwietooma pastoral lease in the north-east
  3. The Glen Helen pastoral lease in the south-west, and
  4. The north-west part of the West MacDonnell National Park in the south-east.

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the mountain of the same name which is located within its boundaries.[1] As of 2020, it has an area of .[3]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mount Zeil had 83 people living within its boundaries.

Mount Zeil is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[5] [4] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Mount Zeil (locality) . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 9 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Mount Zeil Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 9 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Mount Zeil . Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd.. 9 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Division of Stuart . Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 9 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 9 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 9 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map) . Northern Territory Government . 9 April 2020. 2 April 2007 .
  8. Web site: Localities within Petermann-Simpson sub-region (CP 5080) . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 9 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Districts . 2015. 8 March 2020. Northern Territory Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228142837/https://www.ntca.org.au/node/527/attachment . 28 February 2019. dmy-all.