Punnyakunya, New South Wales

Punnyakunya, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County, New South Wales in far northwest New South Wales.[1][2]

Evelyn County map.

The geography of the Parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[3] The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[4]

Punnyakunya is located on Yandaminta Creek at 29°58′45″S 141°15′42″ near the South Australian Border, in the arid semi desert north of Packsaddle, New South Wales.

References
  1. Map of the County of Evelyn  : Western Division.
  2. "Evelyn County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  4. Olive Downs campground.


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