Giles Meteorological Station
Giles Weather Station is located in the locality of Warakurna, Western Australia near the Northern Territory border, about 750 kilometres west-south-west of Alice Springs and 330 kilometres west of Uluru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Summerdrought, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monitoring station
- Description: weather station in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Giles Station Western Australia” and “Giles Weather Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Giles Airport.
Giles Airport
Aerodrome
Giles Airport services the Warakurna Community and the Giles Weather Station in eastern Western Australia. The airstrip was built during April and May 1956 by a team led by Len Beadell as part of establishing the weather station for the British nuclear tests at Maralinga and the Woomera Test Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warakurna.
Warakurna
Village
Warakurna is a large Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku and is situated on the Great Central Road. Warakurna is situated 4 km northwest of Giles Meteorological Station.
Giles Meteorological Station
- Category: weather station
- Location: Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-25.03364° or 25° 2′ 1″ southLongitude
128.30254° or 128° 18′ 9″ eastElevation
595 metres (1,952 feet)Open location code
5Q6CX883+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 187010718OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=monitoring_station
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Giles Meteorological Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Giles Meteorological Station”
- Japanese: “ジャイルズ気象台”
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Explore places such as Lapaku and Ngaanyatjarra-Giles.
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