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Vehicles parked at eastern end of runway - Hunt Oil Camp airstrip

Hunt Oil Camp airstrip (Looking east)

Airstrip

Position

DEG: -26.0843 125.19595

DMS: 26º 05' 3.48" S 125º 11' 45.43" E

UTM: 51 J 7113129mN 719642mE

Altitude: 415.82m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

138.23kms West of Warburton
394.73kms NorthEast of Laverton
445.81kms SouthWest of Kiwirrkurra
490.3kms NorthEast of Leinster

Address & Contact

Southern Central Reserve
Western Australia

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

This airstrip and camp were built to service the Hunt Oil Camp and support the extensive exploration exercise conducted between 1960-65.

Aeromagnetic surveys of the surrounding country were conducted from the strip in 1963

Orientation 42deg;.

PlaceID	83640

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Hunt Oil Road

Nearby Places (2)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Warburton at 11/07:00pm WST

Distance from Airstrip 138.59km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.2°C	7.6°C	24%	-7.7°C	1021.4hPa	0.0mm	NNE	9km/hr 5knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Warburton Airfield

Distance from Airstrip 138.59km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.0	36.5	33.9	29.3	24.3	20.7	20.7	23.1	27.9	31.6	34.3	36.6
Mean Min. °C	22.9	22.1	19.9	15.1	10.4	6.4	5.7	7.1	11.2	15.5	18.5	21.3
Mean Rain mm	28.5	36.7	31.4	18.0	15.4	17.9	12.9	9.8	5.7	14.8	24.7	31.5