Amamapare

Port in Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia
4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800

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.

Climate

Amamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Amamapare
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

  1. ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
  2. ^ Mining Technology
  3. ^ "Climate: Amamapare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

External links

  • Port of Amamapare in Ministry of Transportation website


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