Amamapare is a port in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refer to it as a port town.[1] It is an important industrial centre, and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from Grasberg mine over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world.[2] The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.
Port of Amamapare | |
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Native name | Pelabuhan Amamapare |
Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Location | Mimika Regency, Central Papua |
Coordinates | 4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E |
Climate
editAmamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Amamapare | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.3 (86.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.1 (79.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 235 (9.3) |
238 (9.4) |
273 (10.7) |
297 (11.7) |
317 (12.5) |
351 (13.8) |
410 (16.1) |
390 (15.4) |
261 (10.3) |
185 (7.3) |
157 (6.2) |
212 (8.3) |
3,326 (131) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[3] |
References
edit- ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
- ^ Mining Technology
- ^ "Climate: Amamapare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
External links
edit- Port of Amamapare in Ministry of Transportation website