Everything about Yorke Peninsula totally explained
» Yorke Peninsula is in South Australia, and shouldn't be confused with
Cape York Peninsula, in
Queensland.
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 . The peninsula is separated from
Kangaroo Island to the southeast by
Investigator Strait.
Before white settlement 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.
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 holidays, particularly from Adelaide. The south-western tip is occupied by
Innes National Park.
Yorke Peninsula is a major producer of grain, particularly
barley. Historically this has been sent out by sea because there are no rail services. Most coastal towns on the peninsula have substantial
jetties. In the past these were used by
ketches,
schooners, and later
steamships, to collect the grain in bags, and deliver fertiliser and other supplies. As roads in the region improved, and freight-handling techniques changed from bags to bulk, this became obsolete. A deep-water port was opened in 1970 near the south-eastern tip at
Port Giles to export grain in bulk), 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.
Physiography
The area is also known as the
Yorke Horst, which is distinct physiographic section of the larger
South Australian Shatter Belt province, which in turn is part of the larger
West Australian Shield physiographic division.
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