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Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome

Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy · Australia  ·  Post-apocalyptic opal-mining wasteland

Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome filmed at Coober Pedy. The film's main setting is the moonlike opal-mining landscape around this outback town, where many homes are dug underground.

Where to go

-29.013889, 134.755

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
On screen
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In real life
Coober Pedy, Coober Pedy
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome film at Coober Pedy?
At -29.013889, 134.755 in Coober Pedy. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Coober Pedy?
Open to the public, free.
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