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Karumba - Gulf of Carpentaria 30-12-1985
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Karumba - QLD 

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Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Fuel Water Supply Toilet Pub Food,Shopping Bay,Inlet,Cove Camp Fee Police Station Medical Services
PlaceID29368
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Latitude17.48882º S 17º 29' 19.75" S
Longitude140.8382º E 140º 50' 17.5" E
Altitude-67
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 Description of Karumba

Karumba is a town in north-western Queensland, Australia, 71 km by road from Normanton and 2159 km from the state capital, Brisbane. Karumba forms part of Carpentaria Shire Council, the administrative headquarters of which is in Normanton.
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The town is sited at the mouth of the Norman River, and enjoys the distinction of being the only town along the southern Gulf of Carpentaria that is within sight of the Gulf itself (the Gulf's extensive tidal flats prohibits settlement elsewhere along its shore). As such, the town's economy revolves largely around fishing. The Karumba port services the Century Zinc mine as well as fishing. The spectacular Morning Glory Cloud rolls through Karumba in the early hours of some mornings in September and October. Whilst mostly passing before dawn it can be an awesome sight on a full moon.
Karumba
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Karumba sunset
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Sunset Tavern Karumba
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 Weather & Climate for Karumba

Closest Weather Station

Normanton at 13:00 03 Dec EST
Distance from Karumba 33.26km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
36.9°C 38.0°C 33% 18.0°C 1008.3hPa 0.0mm ESE 9km/h
5knots
22km/h
12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Burketown Post Office
Distance from Karumba 139.57km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 34.233.633.533.1 30.428.027.729.4 31.834.135.435.5
Mean Min. °C 25.024.623.620.7 17.014.213.114.5 17.721.023.624.8
Mean Rain mm 216.7193.4154.323.6 6.26.42.40.8 1.912.837.8116.7

 Treks passing Karumba

Normanton to Coen via Kowanyama Normanton to Coen via Kowanyama
This trek traverses through the beautiful Gulf Savannah region which extends from the Great Dividing Range in the east to the Northern Territory border in the west. [Feature Story]

 Places within 5km of Karumba

Alligator Point [3.85km]  
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Karumba Airstrip [3.93km]  
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Elbow Bank [4.37km]  
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Alligator Point [3.85km]
Elbow Bank [4.37km]
Karumba Airstrip [3.93km]

 Recommended Reading for Karumba

Cape York Cape York
The main part of this map is a road map at a scale of 1: 1,000,000 designed for planning a trip anywhere throughout the Cape York Penninsula region. The main route to the "The Tip" via the Penninsula Developmental Road is clearly shown along with other minor routes.
Natmap Digital Maps 2008 Natmap Digital Maps 2008
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps. NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.
$99.00 [Add to Cart]Latest Edition
SE5406 Burketown SE5406 Burketown
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
$10.00 [Add to Cart]Allow 2 weeks for delivery
Cape York CD Rom Cape York CD Rom
Going to the Cape and want more than a paper map to guide you? The Cape York CD-Rom Map offers Hema’s popular Cape York paper map in formats ready for use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text and photos from the original map in an easy-to-use webpage format.
Cape York Explorer Card Cape York Explorer Card
Going to the Cape and want more than a paper map to guide you? The Cape York Explorer Card offers Hema’s popular Cape York paper map in formats ready for use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text from the original map in an easy-to-use format.
$20.00 [Add to Cart]NEW item in the Shop
Top End & Gulf Top End & Gulf
Another beautiful map publication showing enormous detail of the Top End and Gulf region of Australia. The map shows all major and minor roads and tracks, most of which have been extensively field-checked using Hemas GPS mapping system. Aboriginal land is highlighted as are fuel and food stops.
Gulf Country Gulf Country
This map features the "Great Top Road" 4WD route stretching across the Gulf of Carpentaria from SW Cape York to Katherine in the Top End of NT including the magnificent Lawn Hill NP and bitumen Barkley Highway from Mt Isa to Tennant Creek.
North Queensland North Queensland
This map covers Australias beautiful North Queensland. This double sided map features the whole North Queensland on one side and town maps, tourist information and points of interest on the other. Areas covered include North West Queensland, Mackay Region, Tropical Far North Queensland, The Whitsundays and Magnetic North.

 Important Notes

Whilst indicating location of water supplies, ExplorOz makes no recommendation with regard to the quality of water for drinking purposes. We strongly recommend that when travelling you take ample supplies of water from reliable drinking water sources.