Moonta, which is 20 metres above sea level, is
located 161 km northwest of Adelaide at the
bottom corner of the "Copper Triangle".

Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South
Australia. It is one of three towns known as the
Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared
copper mining history.

The centre is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of
Kadina, site of Wallaroo Mines, and 14 kilometres
(8.7 mi) southeast of the port of Wallaroo.

At the 2011 census, the Moonta township and the
adjacent suburbs of Cross Roads and Yelta had a
combined population of 681. The broader Moonta
urban centre, also including Moonta Bay, North
Moonta and Port Hughes, had a population of
3,659.