| Type: | suburb |
| Simpson Desert | |
| State: | SA |
| Pop: | no data available |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Est: | 2013[2] |
| Postcode: | 5734 |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 920 |
| Dir1: | north |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Lga: | Pastoral Unincorporated Area[3] |
| Region: | Far North[4] |
| Stategov: | Stuart[5] |
| Fedgov: | Grey[6] |
| Maxtemp: | 31.5 |
| Mintemp: | 16.8 |
| Rainfall: | 128.8 |
| Coordinates: | -26.68°N 137.43°W |
| Near-N: | Northern Territory |
| Near-Ne: | Northern Territory |
| Near-E: | Alton Downs Station Clifton Hills Station Cowarie |
| Near-S: | Macumba Kalamurina |
| Near-Sw: | Macumba |
| Near-W: | Witjira Macumba |
| Near-Nw: | Northern Territory |
| Footnotes: | Location Coordinates Climate[7] Adjoining localities |
Simpson Desert is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 920km (570miles) north of the capital city of Adelaide and which is located within the desert of the same name.[2]
The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name” which is derived from the desert of the same name.[2] [8]
The principal land use within the locality is conservation, with the full extent of the locality being occupied by the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park, which was proclaimed on 26 November 2021 and includes the former protected areas of the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Conservation Park and the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve.[9] [10] [2] [3]
Simpson Desert is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.[3] [4] [5] [6]