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Finke River - NT

Finke River

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -23.663375 132.672308

DMS: 23º 39' 48.15" S 132º 40' 20.29" E

UTM: 53 K 7381105mN 262592mE

Altitude: 633.3m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

32.11kms North of Hermannsburg
93.1kms SouthEast of Papunya
123.57kms West of Alice Springs
472.33kms South of Tennant Creek

Address & Contact

Mt Zeil NT 0872

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

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Information

The Finke River is one of the world's oldest watercourses. The Finke flows south from here for 650km to be lost in the sands of the Simpson Desert. Over many millions of years, the river and its tributaries have carved out the rugged landscape it passes through. The Western Aranda name for the Finke River is Tjoritja urlpaya.

The Mt Sonder Lookout is a great spot to view the Finke River below as pictured and where there is a 4x4 accessible track into the river where paid campsites are located (National Park camping fees apply). See Nearby Places for the camp listing.

PlaceID	69142

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

West MacDonnell Ranges

Nearby Places (24)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Alice Springs Airport at 02/11:00am CST

Distance from Finke River 124.63km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.4°C	6.4°C	38%	-1.5°C	1026.5hPa	0.0mm	E	20km/hr 11knots	28km/hr 15knots

Closest Climatic Station

Papunya

Distance from Finke River 92.48km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.0	37.2	34.6	31.8	25.8	22.1	22.8	25.4	31.1	34.4	35.3	36.4
Mean Min. °C	22.9	22.3	20.0	16.0	10.2	6.7	6.3	8.2	13.2	16.9	19.4	21.4
Mean Rain mm	46.0	39.2	48.6	16.3	22.8	15.5	12.3	6.1	7.2	18.0	32.1	34.5