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Finke River, Namatjira Dve - NT

Finke River Crossing eastbound August 2022

River Crossing

Position

DEG: -23.680304 132.671539

DMS: 23º 40' 49.09" S 132º 40' 17.54" E

UTM: 53 K 7379229mN 262544mE

Altitude: 629.33m

Place Type

Infrastructure - River Crossing

Location

31kms North of Hermannsburg
93.69kms SouthEast of Papunya
123.64kms West of Alice Springs
473.5kms South of Tennant Creek

Address & Contact

Namatjira Dr
NT 0872

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Namatjira Drive (bitumen) crosses the Finke River at this point just before the turn off to Glen Helen Gorge and the entry to the Finke River 2 Mile (4x4) camping area. Although there is a dip in the road here, the crossing is bitumen but can often still have a little water even in the dry winter season.

The Finke River is one of the world's oldest watercourses and flows for 650 km from here 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 you can see from this location. The Western Aranda name for the Finke River is Tjoritja urlpaya.

PlaceID	78318

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West MacDonnell Ranges

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Alice Springs Airport at 17/07:30am CST

Distance from Finke River, Namatjira Dve 124.49km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.5°C	11.0°C	60%	5.0°C	1019.0hPa	0.0mm	S	2km/hr 1knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Papunya

Distance from Finke River, Namatjira Dve 93.47km 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