Shoal Bay, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Shoal Bay
City:Darwin
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.3659°N 131.0548°W
Alternative Location Map:Australia Darwin
Coord Ref:[1]
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Pop:0
Established:4 April 2007
Postcode:0830[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:20
Dir1:E
Location1:Darwin
Lga:Litchfield Municipality
Stategov:Nelson[3]
Fedgov:Lingiari[4]
Maxtemp:32.1
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:23.2
Rainfall:1725.1
Near-Nw:Beagle Gulf
Near-N:Beagle Gulf
Murrumujuk
Near-Ne:Murrumujuk
Near-E:Koolpinyah
Near-Se:Koolpinyah
Near-S:Holtze
Howard Springs
Near-Sw:Knuckey Lagoon
Near-W:Micket Creek
Knuckey Lagoon
Near:Shoal Bay
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[6] [7]

Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east of the territory capital of Darwin.[2]

The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during HMS Beagle third survey expedition.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries.

Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[4] [3] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for "Shoal Bay" (locality) . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 4 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Shoal Bay Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 14 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Division of Nelson . Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 1 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 1 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Shoal Bay. NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 30 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Litchfield Municipality Localities . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 30 April 2019.