Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 12°38′01″S 130°32′12″E / 12.6337°S 130.5367°E[2] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 0 (2016 census)[7][a] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822[9] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.1 °C (89.8 °F)[10] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 23.2 °C (73.8 °F)[10] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,779.7 mm (70.07 in)[10] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[9] Adjoining localities[8][1] | |||||||||||||
Bynoe Harbour is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 41 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the territory capital of Darwin.[2][9]
Bynoe Harbour consists of the full extent of the natural harbour of Bynoe Harbour which extends in an easterly direction into the mainland forming one of the sides of the Cox Peninsula and which is enclosed to the west by a spit consisting of a number of islands including Quail Island at the spit's northern end. The mouth of the natural harbour opens to the north into Beagle Gulf. The locality is bounded to the north by a line running across the harbour's mouth from Birge Point on the Cox Peninsula in the east via the northern tip of Indian Island to Quail Island in the west and bounded in the west by a line from Quail Island in the north to Point Paterson in the locality of Dundee Beach in the south. The western boundary passes on the west of the spit which includes Dum In Mirrie Island. The locality's name derived from the natural harbour and ultimately from Benjamin Bynoe, the surgeon and naturalist who served on HMS Beagle on its third voyage. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][2]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bynoe Harbour had no people living within its boundaries.[7]
Bynoe Harbour is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[4][3][1]
Geography
The full extent of Indian Island which located within the natural harbour is occupied by a protected area called the Indian Island Conservation Area. Dum In Mirrie Island has an airfield known as the Dum In Mirrie Airstrip where an automatic weather station has been in operation since 1994.[11][12][13]
Climate
The airstrip has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to October.[14] Extreme temperatures ranged from 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 21 September 2021 to 10.0 °C (50.0 °F) on 15 June 2011. The wettest recorded day was 11 January 2020 with 562.0 mm (22.13 in) of rainfall.[15]
| Climate data for Dum In Mirrie Airstrip (12°38′S 130°22′E / 12.64°S 130.37°E) (4 m (13 ft) AMSL) (1994-2025) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.1 (98.8) |
38.1 (100.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.1 (89.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 426.2 (16.78) |
403.1 (15.87) |
307.5 (12.11) |
98.1 (3.86) |
20.1 (0.79) |
2.7 (0.11) |
1.3 (0.05) |
2.7 (0.11) |
18.7 (0.74) |
61.6 (2.43) |
137.9 (5.43) |
281.1 (11.07) |
1,779.7 (70.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 19.9 | 17.9 | 19.9 | 9.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 15.3 | 107.3 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 75 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 70 | 61 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.2 (70.1) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1994-2025)[10] | |||||||||||||
References
Notes
- ^ The extent of the “state suburb” used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics only covers the islands located within the locality and not the full extent of the locality gazetted by the Northern Territory Government.[8][7]
Citations
- ^ a b c "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
the Un-Incorporated area described as either 'Dundee', 'West of Coomalie Shire and Litchfield Municipality' or 'Un-incorporated area - west of Litchfield and Palmerston Municipality' on the official website
- ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for Bynoe Harbour". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bynoe Harbour (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bynoe Harbour (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bynoe Harbour (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bynoe Harbour". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bynoe Harbour Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Dum in Mirrie Airstrip Climate Statistics (1994-2025)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Indian Island in Australia". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Dick Eussen (2008). Fishing and Camping Guide to Northern Territory. Australian Fishing Network. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-86513-151-1.
- ^ "Basic Climatological Station Metadata (for DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP)" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. p. 1. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Climate classification maps: Köppen - all classes". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Dum In Mirrie Airstrip Climate (1994-2025)". FarmOnline Weather. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 12 January 2026.