Place Names Register Extract

The Gap

Extract date: 06/11/2026

Name	The Gap
Type Designation	Suburb
Place Id	22309
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -23° 42' S (Decimal degrees -23.7141)
	Longitude: 133° 52' E (Decimal degrees 133.873)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Alice Springs Town Council
History/Origin	This Alice Springs suburb takes its name from Heavitree Gap, the southern entrance to the town. Heavitree Gap was named by WW Mills in 1872, after a suburb of Exeter, Devon in England, during his exploration for a route through the MacDonnell Ranges for the Overland Telegraph Line. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5075.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
03/04/2007		Date of Registration
04/04/2007	NTG 14	Notice of Naming

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