Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions.| Tap on the map to travel |
Photo: Corey Leopold, CC BY 2.0.
Popular Destinations
Darwin
Darwin, a small yet cosmopolitan city, is the tropical capital city of the Northern Territory.
Top End
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Top End is the northern, tropical part of Northern Territory, home to the northernmost city in Australia and lots of salties.
Alice Springs
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alice Springs, sometimes colloquially known as plain-old Alice, is the heart of Central Australia and consists of cavernous gorges, boundless desert landscapes, remote Aboriginal communities and a charming pioneering history.
Destinations
Red Centre
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Red Centre is the colloquial name given to the southern desert region of the Northern Territory in Australia.
Barkly Tableland
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barkly Tableland is a vast open region of pretty much nothing in the Northern Territory about the size of the UK but with fewer than 6,500 inhabitants.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Northern Territory
- Type: Locality with 249,000 residents
- Description: federal territory of Australia
- Neighbors: Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
- Category: mainland territory of Australia
- Location: Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-19.8516° or 19° 51' 6" southLongitude of centre
133.2303° or 133° 13' 49" eastPopulation
249,000Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)Abbreviation
NTOpenStreetMap ID
node 304951006OpenStreetMap Feature
place=territoryGeoNames ID
2064513Wikidata ID
Q3235Northern Territory Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Noordelike Gebied
- Albanian: Northern Territory
- Arabic: Amihanan nga Teritoryo
- Arabic: إقليم شمالي
- Arabic: الإقليم الشمالي
- Aragonese: Territorio d'o Norte
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային տարածք
- Asturian: Territoriu del Norte
- Azerbaijani: Şimal ərazisi
- Balinese: Wawengkon Kalér
- Basque: Ipar Lurraldea
- Belarusian: Паўночная тэрыторыя
- Bengali: উত্তর অঞ্চল
- Bosnian: Sjeverna teritorija
- Breton: Tiriad an Hanternoz
- Breton: Tiriad an Norzh
- Bulgarian: Северна територия
- Burmese: မြောက်ဩစတြေးလျပြည်နယ်
- Catalan: Territori del Nord
- Cebuano: Northern Territory
- Central Kurdish: خاکەکانی باکووری ئوسترالیا
- Cherokee: ᎤᏴᏢ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎿᎾ ᎨᏒ
- Chinese: Pak Léng-tó͘
- Chinese: 北領地
- Chinese: 北领地
- Croatian: Sjeverni teritorij
- Czech: Severní teritorium
- Danish: Northern Territory
- Dimli (individual language): Erdê Zımey
- Dutch: Noordelijk Territorium
- Egyptian Arabic: نورذارن تيرريتورى
- English: N.T.
- English: NT
- English: Northern Territory of Australia
- Esperanto: NT
- Esperanto: Norda Teritorio
- Estonian: Põhjaterritoorium
- Faroese: Norðaru Øki
- Fiji Hindi: Northern Territory
- Finnish: Northern Territory
- Finnish: Pohjoisterritorio
- French: Territoire du Nord
- Galician: Territorio do Norte
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ტერიტორია
- German: NT
- German: Nordterritorium
- German: Northern Territory
- Greek: Βόρεια Επικράτεια
- Gujarati: નધર્ન રીજન
- Hausa: Kelikoli ‘Ākau
- Hawaiian: Kelikoli ‘Ākau
- Hebrew: הטריטוריה הצפונית
- Hindi: नॉर्थर्न टेरिटरी
- Hungarian: Északi Terület
- Hungarian: Északi terület
- Icelandic: Norður-svæðið
- Icelandic: Norðursvæðið
- Indonesian: Wilayah Utara
- Irish: Críoch an Tuaiscirt
- Italian: Territorio del Nord
- Japanese: ノーザンテリトリー
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Kirghiz: Австралиянын түндүк аймагы
- Korean: 노던 준주
- Latin: Territorium Septentrionale
- Latvian: Ziemeļu teritorija
- Ligurian: Teritöio do Nord
- Ligurian: Tæritöio do Nord
- Limburgan: Nordelik Territorium
- Lithuanian: Šiaurinė Teritorija
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Teritorija
- Lombard: Territori del Nord
- Luxembourgish: Nërdlechen Territoire
- Macedonian: Северна Територија
- Malay: Wilayah Utara
- Malayalam: നോർത്തേൺ ടെറിട്ടറി
- Manx: Thalloo yn Twoaie
- Maori: Rohe ki te Raki
- Marathi: नॉर्दर्न टेरिटोरी
- Mazanderani: شمالی سامون (استرالیا)
- Mazanderani: شمالی سامون
- Min Dong Chinese: Báe̤k Liāng-tū
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak Léng-tó͘
- Mingrelian: ოორუე ტერიტორია (ავსტრალია)
- Mingrelian: ოორუე ტერიტორია
- Mongolian: Хойд Нутаг Дэвсгэр
- Moroccan Arabic: لأرض دالشمال
- Northern Frisian: Northern Territory
- Norwegian: Nordterritoriet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordterritoriet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Northern Territory
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordterritoriet
- Occitan (post 1500): Territòri del Nòrd
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþerne Landscipe
- Ossetian: Цæгат территори
- Pampanga: Northern Territory
- Pampanga: Pangulung Territorio
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ
- Persian: قلمرو شمالی
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Northan Teritrii
- Polish: Terytorium Północne
- Portuguese: N.T.
- Portuguese: NT
- Portuguese: Northern Territory
- Portuguese: Território do Norte
- Pushto: د اسټرالیا شمالي سیمه
- Romanian: Teritoriul de Nord
- Romansh: Territori dal Nord
- Russian: Северная территория
- Samoan: Teritori i Matu
- Sardinian: Territòriu de su Norte
- Saterfriesisch: Northern Territory
- Scots: Northren Territory
- Scottish Gaelic: An Ranntair a Tuath
- Scottish Gaelic: Roinn-a-Tuath
- Scottish Gaelic: Roinn a Tuath
- Serbian: Северна Територија
- Serbian: Северна територија
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna teritorija
- Sindhi: نادرن خطو
- Sinhala: උතුරු භූමිය
- Slovak: Severné teritórium
- Slovenian: Severni teritorij
- South Azerbaijani: شومالی اوسترالیا
- South Azerbaijani: قوزئی اوستورالیا
- Spanish: Territorio del Norte
- Spanish: Territorio del Norte de Australia
- Swahili: Northern Territory
- Swedish: Nordterritoriet
- Swedish: Norra territoriet
- Swedish: Northern Territory
- Tagalog: Hilagang Teritoryo
- Tagalog: Northern Territory
- Tamil: நற்தேர்ன் டெரிடாரி
- Tamil: வட ஆட்புலம்
- Tamil: வட ஆள்புலம்
- Tatar: Төньяк территория
- Telugu: ఉత్తర టెరిటరీ
- Thai: นอร์เทิร์นเทร์ริทอรี
- Tok Pisin: Noten Teritori
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Vahefonua Fakatokelau
- Turkish: Kuzey Bölgesi, Avustralya
- Turkish: Kuzey Toprakları
- Ukrainian: Північна територія
- Urdu: شمالی ریجن
- Urdu: شمالی علاقہ
- Venetian: Northern Territory
- Venetian: Teritorio Setentrional
- Vietnamese: Lãnh thổ Bắc
- Vietnamese: Lãnh thổ Bắc Úc
- Vlaams: Nôordelik Territorium
- Waray (Philippines): Amihanan nga Teritoryo
- Welsh: Tiriogaeth y Gogledd
- Western Frisian: Noardlik Territoarium
- Western Panjabi: اتلا تھاں
- Wu Chinese: 北领地
- Yakut: Аустралия хотугу территорията
- Yue Chinese: 北領地
- Rohe-ki-te-raki
- උතුරු ප්රදේශය
- 北领地（澳大利亚）
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