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West Point - NT

Cape,Headland,Point

Position

DEG: -12.43792 130.7644

DMS: 12º 26' 16.51" S 130º 45' 51.86" E

UTM: 52 L 8624385mN 691783mE

Altitude: 7.13m

Place Type

Geography - Cape,Headland,Point

Location

8.14kms West of Darwin - Driving 130 km (1 hour 50 mins)

Address & Contact

Mandorah NT 0822

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

There are a few reminders of WW11 here, concrete slabs slowly being taken over by the sea that used to be gun foundations and observation posts. Somewhere around here was the end of the steel boom defence net that used to stretch all the way to East Point in Darwin.

PlaceID	25622

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Darwin Airport at 02/12:30am CST

Distance from West Point 13.99km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
24.7°C	25.3°C	65%	17.7°C	1012.7hPa	0.0mm	SSE	11km/hr 6knots	13km/hr 7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Darwin Airport

Distance from West Point 13.99km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.8	31.4	31.9	32.7	32.0	30.6	30.5	31.4	32.6	33.2	33.3	32.6
Mean Min. °C	24.8	24.7	24.5	24.0	22.1	19.9	19.3	20.4	23.0	24.9	25.3	25.3
Mean Rain mm	423.8	374.6	322.1	101.2	21.3	1.9	1.2	5.0	15.7	70.2	139.3	251.3