Baynton (WA)
- Local Government Area
- Karratha
- Postcode
- 6714
- Population
- 4,496
- Area
- 2.67 km²
- Coordinates
- -20.7516, 116.8014
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Baynton (WA)
Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier. Located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) east-southeast of the site of three nuclear weapons tests by the British (Operation Hurricane in 1952 and Operation Mosaic in 1956), it was established in 1968 to accommodate the processing and exportation workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company and, in the 1980s, the petroleum and liquefied natural gas operations of the Woodside-operated North West Shelf Venture located on Murujuga. As of the 2021 census, Karratha had an urban population of 17,013.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Nickol 1 km
- Gap Ridge 2 km
- Millars Well 3 km
- Stove Hill 4 km
- Pegs Creek 4 km
- Karratha 5 km