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Ruins - SA

Barely visible ruins

Roadside 2014

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This was once a very important Security Check Point

This is now all that is left at this site

Looking East

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -30.00098 131.680099

DMS: 30º 00' 3.53" S 131º 40' 48.36" E

UTM: 52 J 6678081mN 758534mE

Altitude: 185.14m

Address & Contact

Maralinga-tjarutja
South Australia

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Information

Ruins of a large 400 people village which mainly held Commonwealth Police. This is the site where the keys were turned that set off the bombs.

PlaceID	40553

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Nullarbor at 15/09:30am CST

Distance from Ruins 177.44km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
16.1°C	13.0°C	96%	15.5°C	1018.5hPa	0.8mm	N	26km/hr 14knots	35km/hr 19knots

Closest Climatic Station

Nullarbor

Distance from Ruins 177.44km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.9	27.8	26.5	24.8	21.4	18.8	18.2	19.6	22.4	24.3	26.0	26.7
Mean Min. °C	15.7	16.1	14.1	11.6	8.9	6.3	5.1	5.8	7.9	10.2	12.4	14.2
Mean Rain mm	11.1	13.2	21.8	22.4	29.7	30.2	27.3	24.5	17.8	18.2	16.8	15.3

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