Nhulunbuy
Nhulunbuy, also formerly known as Gove, is a town and locality in the far north of the Northern Territory of Australia. Founded on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established in the late 1960s, the town's economy largely revolved around its alumina refinery until it closed in May 2014.
- Town with about 3,350 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code GOV
- Description: town in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Also known as“Gove”“Gove, Northern Territory”“Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory”“Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia”“Nhulunby”“Nullumbuy”
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-12.18044° or 12° 10′ 50″ south
Longitude
136.77599° or 136° 46′ 34″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Nhulunbuy” goes by many names.
نهولونبايArabic
NhulunbuyAsturian
NhulunbuyBasque
NhulunbuyCatalan
NhulunbuyCebuano
紐倫拜Chinese
纽伦拜Chinese
NhulunbuyDutch
נולונבייHebrew
NhulunbuyIndonesian
NhulunbuyIrish
NhulunbuyItalian
ヌーランビルJapanese
ヌルンバイJapanese
NhulunbuyKalaallisut
눌런바이Korean
NalunbajusLithuanian
NhulunbuyMalagasy
നുലുൻബുയ്Malayalam
NhulunbuyOccitan (post 1500)
نهولونبویPersian
NhulunbuyPolish
НхулунбайRussian
NhulunbuySwedish
نہولونبوئےUrdu
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