The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St. Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of 34°21′S 137°37′E. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. ... Gulf St. ...

Before white settlement in around 1840, Yorke Peninsula was the home to the Narungga people. Today the descendants of these people still live on Yorke Peninsula, supported by the Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association in Maitland, and in the community at Point Pearce near the northern end of Gulf Saint Vincent. Maitland is a town located 168 km west of Adelaide 164 km south of Port Pirie in the Yorke Peninsula. ... Gulf St. ...

Principal towns include the Copper Triangle towns of Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo; farming centres of Maitland, Minlaton and Yorketown; and the port of Ardrossan. A number of smaller coastal towns are popular destinations for fishing and relaxing holidays, particular from Adelaide. The south-western tip is occupied by Innes National Park. The Copper Triangle is a region of South Australia, approximately bounded by the towns, Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta on Yorke Peninsula. ... The town of Kadina () is located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia 144 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. ... The town of Moonta () is located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia 163 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide. ... Wallaroo () is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Maitland is a town located 168 km west of Adelaide 164 km south of Port Pirie in the Yorke Peninsula. ... Harry Millers Red Devil is on display in Minlaton Minlaton (34°46′ S 137°35′ E, population 900) is a town in the centre of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. ... a small town situated on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia and is most famous for its Cornish pasties and Y shaped bar. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Ardrossan is a small town on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150kms from Adelaide, South Australia. ... Innes is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 160 km west of Adelaide. ...

Yorke Peninsula has never had a railway line along it, only the railway to Kadina and Wallaroo across the top. It is a major producer of grain, particularly barley, so historically this has been sent out by sea. Almost every coastal town has a jetty, which used to be visited by ketches, schooners and later steamships to collect the grain in bags, and deliver fertiliser and other supplies. As the roads have improved, and freight handling techniques have changed from bags to bulk, this became obsolete. A new deep-water port was built near the south eastern tip at Port Giles to export grain in bulk (opened in 1970), and almost all the other ports ceased to be used for freight in the 1950s and 1960s. The only other ports with bulk handling facilities are Wallaroo at the north-western side, and Ardrossan at the top of Gulf Saint Vincent, also used to ship dolomite from a nearby mine for OneSteel. Maitland has a grain receiving depot operated by AWB, serviced only by road. Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Alternate meanings: See Jetty (web server) Alternate meanings: See Jettying in buildings The term jetty, derived from the French jetie, and therefor signifying something thrown out, is applied to a variety of structures employed in river, dock and maritime works which are generally carried out in pairs from river banks... Square Topsl Gaff Ketch Hawaiian Chieftain on San Francisco Bay A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: A main mast, and a mizzen mast abaft the main mast. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... some of the grain silos as Port Giles Port Giles () is the newest port on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, between Stansbury and Edithburgh. ... The 1950s were the decade that traditionally speaking, spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Wallaroo () is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. ... Ardrossan is a small town on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150kms from Adelaide, South Australia. ... Gulf St. ... Dolomite crystals from Touissite, Morocco Dolomite is the name of both a carbonate rock and a mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate (formula: CaMg(CO3)2) found in crystals. ... OneSteel is an Australian-based mining, ore processing and steel manufacturing company specialising in long-steel products for the construction, housing and agricultural industries. ... AWB is short for: Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging - an extremist right-wing political group in South Africa. ...

External links

• Yorke Peninsula Website
• Terraserver.com navigable satellite map of the Yorke Peninsula.
• Map of Yorke Peninsula