Penong, South Australia
Penong | |||||||||||||
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Windmills adjacent to Penong: each is privately owned and supplies houses and farms with water from the Anjutabie Basin. | |||||||||||||
Penong | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 31°55′47″S 133°00′34″E / 31.929848°S 133.00955°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 28 April 1892 (town) 8 February 2001 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 280 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5690 | ||||||||||||
| County | Kintore | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.5 °C (70.7 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 300.2 mm (11.82 in) | ||||||||||||
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Penong (/pəˈnɒŋ/ p(ə)-NONG) is a town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, in the far west of the Australian state of South Australia located about 616 kilometres (383 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. It is a popular rest-stop for travellers crossing on the Eyre Highway between Ceduna and Western Australia, 400 km (250 mi) away.
The 2016 Australian census recorded that the localities of Penong and the small farming community of Bookabie (including the Scotdesco Aboriginal community), 35 km (22 mi) to Penong's west, had a population of 289 people.
Penong is the closest town to the Chadinga Conservation Park. To its south is Cactus Beach, a popular surfing beach on the western side of Point Sinclair; Port Le Hunte – also known as Port Irvine – is on the sheltered eastern side. The Lake MacDonnell gypsum field – the largest in the Southern Hemisphere – is near the coast 15 km (9 mi) to the south. The major port of Cape Thevenard, collocated with Ceduna, is 75 km (45 mi) to the south-east.