Amamapare

Port of Amamapare
Interactive map of Port of Amamapare
Amamapare is located in Western New Guinea
Amamapare
Location within Western New Guinea
Native namePelabuhan Amamapare (Indonesian)
Location
CountryIndonesia
LocationMimika Regency, Central Papua
Coordinates4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E / -4.883; 136.800

Amamapare is a port and industrial centre in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refers to it as a port town. 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. There is a coal-fired power station at the port 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


References

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