Panalatinga Creek facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Panalatinga
Location of the river mouth in South Australia
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Adelaide
Physical characteristics
Main source	Mount Lofty Ranges Bald Hill 589 m (1,932 ft)
River mouth	confluence with the Field River south of Hallett Cove 490 m (1,610 ft) 35°05′16″S 138°32′03″E / 35.087810°S 138.534060°E / -35.087810; 138.534060
Length	9 km (5.6 mi)
Basin features
River system	Onkaparinga River

The Panalatinga Creek is an urban watercourse located in the southern suburbs of Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia.

Course and features

Part of the Onkaparinga River catchment area, the creek rises in the foothills in the southern Adelaide suburbs around Chandlers Hill through to Trott Park, South Australia as part of the Field River catchment zone. Now no more than a narrow suburban watercourse, Panalatinga Creek's earliest European recorded use was as the source of water for John Reynell's early vineyards around his Chateau Reynella homestead in 1849.

Etymology

The name of the creek is derived from the Kaurna language word of Pandlotinga.