Mount Willoughby is a locality in the Australian state of
South Australia located about north-west of the capital city of
Adelaide and about north-west of the town of
Coober Pedy.
The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to "the long established local name" which is derived from the pastoral lease.
Mount Willoughby is located on land on the boundary between the
Stony Plains
Stony Plains, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises , and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia. and the
Great Victoria Desert bioregions which "supports a remarkable collection of habitats, ranging from swamps and grassland to cracking clay pans, spectacular breakaway ranges and vivid red dune country".
The
Adelaide-Darwin railway and the
Stuart Highway both pass through the locality from south to north while the
Woomera Prohibited Area occupies part of the locality’s south-west corner.
The principal land uses within the locality are
primary production and
conservation with the former being associated with the grazing of cattle in the northern end of the locality and the latter being associated with the
Mount Willoughby Indigenous Protected Area
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Mount Willoughby Indigenous Protected Area is an indigenous protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted localities of Mount Willoughby, South Australia, Mount Willoughby and Evelyn Downs, South Aus ...
in the remainder of the locality.
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Mount Willoughby is located within the federal ]Division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who wa ...
, the state electoral district of Giles, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region Far North may refer to:
Places
* Far North (Russia), a part of Russia which lies beyond the Arctic Circle
* Far North Alaska, United States
* Far North (Canada)
* Norte Grande, one of the five natural regions of Chile according to CORFO
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Towns in South Australia
Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia
Far North (South Australia)