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Surprise Well - WA

Surprise Well marker from 1996's Calvert Retracing Expedition

Surprise Well

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -23.479785 123.833113

DMS: 23º 28' 47.23" S 123º 49' 59.21" E

UTM: 51 K 7403120mN 585076mE

Altitude: 343.05m

Address & Contact

Little Sandy Desert WA

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Information

This soak and historic site was first located by LA Wells, leader of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition on Monday 28 September 1896. It was revisited as part of the retracing of the Calvert expedition in may of 1996. The map position(pa) has been updated to reflect the correct co-ordinates.

PlaceID	78501

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Telfer at 26/05:30pm WST

Distance from Surprise Well 256.27km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
21.3°C	13.7°C	16%	-5.5°C	1014.9hPa	0.0mm	SE	26km/hr 14knots	35km/hr 19knots

Closest Climatic Station

Telfer Aero

Distance from Surprise Well 256.27km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	40.6	38.6	37.3	34.5	29.1	25.3	25.3	28.4	32.7	37.0	39.4	40.2
Mean Min. °C	26.0	25.4	23.9	20.6	15.3	11.9	10.6	12.5	16.5	20.8	23.4	25.4
Mean Rain mm	49.1	102.7	77.3	20.0	18.9	14.3	13.2	5.4	2.5	2.9	16.5	46.9