Gasmata

File:Airplane_flying_over_Gasmata.JPG

Gasmata is a village on the southern coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea located at 6° 16' 60S 150° 19' 60E. There is a Gasmata Airport in Surumi Peninsula area adjacent. The village is administered under Gasmata Rural LLG in East New Britain Province.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

The Imperial Japanese occupied the village between 8–9 February 1942 during World War II. A war crime occurred in March 1942 when between eight and ten Australian prisoners of war were executed by firing squad by being shot in the back.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2785705 Canberra Times, Saturday 24 June 1950, Page Four.]

Gasmata was re-occupied by an Australian Army unit on 28 March 1944.

Climate

Gasmata has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall from June to August. Unlike many places in Papua New Guinea, Gasmata and the southern coast of New Britain experience a rainfall maximum during the south-east monsoon (low sun season) because the New Britain mountains block the north-westerly winds during the high sun season.

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| location = Gasmata

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| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 31.1

| Feb high C = 30.7

| Mar high C = 30.8

| Apr high C = 30.4

| May high C = 29.8

| Jun high C = 29.7

| Jul high C = 28.4

| Aug high C = 28.7

| Sep high C = 29.7

| Oct high C = 29.8

| Nov high C = 30.6

| Dec high C = 30.7

| Jan mean C = 27.1

| Feb mean C = 27.0

| Mar mean C = 26.9

| Apr mean C = 26.6

| May mean C = 26.4

| Jun mean C = 26.3

| Jul mean C = 25.5

| Aug mean C = 25.6

| Sep mean C = 26.2

| Oct mean C = 26.4

| Nov mean C = 26.8

| Dec mean C = 26.9

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = 23.2

| Feb low C = 23.3

| Mar low C = 23.1

| Apr low C = 22.8

| May low C = 23.1

| Jun low C = 22.9

| Jul low C = 22.6

| Aug low C = 22.5

| Sep low C = 22.7

| Oct low C = 23.0

| Nov low C = 23.0

| Dec low C = 23.1

|precipitation colour= green

|Jan precipitation mm=179

|Feb precipitation mm=156

|Mar precipitation mm=212

|Apr precipitation mm=269

|May precipitation mm=478

|Jun precipitation mm=655

|Jul precipitation mm=844

|Aug precipitation mm=809

|Sep precipitation mm=493

|Oct precipitation mm=350

|Nov precipitation mm=226

|Dec precipitation mm=184

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/474987/

|title = Climate: Gasmata

|publisher=Climate-Data.org

|accessdate = 20 October 2020}}

}}

Citations

External links

[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_gasmata.html Pacific Wrecks - Gasmata]

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Category:Populated places in West New Britain Province