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Wild Horse Plains
South Australiahamlet
Wild Horse Plains
Total population
53
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Wild Horse Plains is a locality in South Australia on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 69 kilometres north-northwest of the Adelaide city centre. Its name is attributed to Thomas Day, who found wild horses grazing within the locality around 1870. Its boundaries, created in June 1997, include the town of Wild Horse Plains, established in 1881 on Port Wakefield Road, and the former Government Town of Lorne. Port Lorne Road marks most of the northern boundary of Wild Horse Plains and is the access road to the former township of Lorne.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves896
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves796
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus Latham, 1801 · Aves707
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 · Aves684
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) · Aves675
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) · Aves571
- Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves571
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves544
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2022-03-053 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
- M 4.4 — 2020-05-1415 km WSW of Burra, Australia
- M 3.2 — 2018-08-0811 km WNW of Mannum, Australia
- M 3.3 — 2011-10-183 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
- M 2.7 — 2007-08-0323 km SSE of Burra, Australia
- M 2.5 — 2007-06-1226 km E of Angaston, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in South Australia
- Windsor4.8 mi away
- Port Wakefield14.4 mi away · pop. 593
- Middle Beach18.3 mi away
- Tiddy Widdy Beach20.3 mi away · pop. 196
- Ardrossan22 mi away · pop. 1,188
- James Well24.2 mi away · pop. 54
- Pine Point27.5 mi away · pop. 100
- Hoyleton27.9 mi away · pop. 46
- Roseworthy28.5 mi away · pop. 987
- St Kilda29.6 mi away · pop. 77
- Shea-Oak Log31.6 mi away
- Paskeville31.7 mi away · pop. 79
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Wild Horse Plains, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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6 miPhotos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ASGS 2021
- SAL41595
- Population (Wikidata)
- 96
- Wikidata
- Q21880780
ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics — ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112