Moonta, South Australia

Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 km (103 mi) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. 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 2006 census, Moonta had a population of 3,350. It is thought that the name "Moonta" is derived from Moontera, an (Indigenous) Narungga word meaning 'impenetrable scrub'.