Mount Isa is a city in the Gulf Country region of north western Queensland, Australia, which grew up around mineral deposits including one of the most productive combined lead, silver, copper and zinc mines in history, Mount Isa Mines. Established in 1923, it had a population of 18,317 at the 2021 census and serves as the administrative and commercial centre for Queensland's north west. The surrounding arid region was once part of an extensive Aboriginal trade network across the Lake Eyre Basin valued for stone tool production, and the artificial Lake Moondarra now supplies the city's water and recreation.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude20.725278 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Mount Isa (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1923-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 17,936 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -20.725278, longitude 139.495
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 356 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 17936 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Mount Isa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2065594
-20.72523 139.49727 P PPLA2 AU 04 35300 18317 363 Australia/Brisbane
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 363 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -20.75, 139.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -20.75, 139.25
-20.75 139.25 BSh
Mount Isa (Wikipedia)
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