Wertago, New South Wales

Sydney, Australia is about 880 km to the east-southeast and the village of White Cliffs which is 56 km away.^[3] Wertago is about 216m above sea level. The nearest ocean being the Southern Ocean about 470 km west-southwest of Wertago.

Wertago has extremely hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),.^[4] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.^[5]

Big Wertago Mine is a copper, lead and silver mine on the Cootawundy Creek about 870 km west-northwest of Sydney. The Big Wertago Mine is at an altitude of about 272m above sea level and is one of the westernmost mines in New South Wales.^[6]

The Mutawintji National Park lies some kilometers to the west.