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.[1]
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.[2]
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.
| Climate data for Gasmata
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
30.7
(87.3)
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30.8
(87.4)
|
30.4
(86.7)
|
29.8
(85.6)
|
29.7
(85.5)
|
28.4
(83.1)
|
28.7
(83.7)
|
29.7
(85.5)
|
29.8
(85.6)
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30.6
(87.1)
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30.7
(87.3)
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30.0
(86.1)
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| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
26.3
(79.3)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
25.6
(78.1)
|
26.2
(79.2)
|
26.4
(79.5)
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26.8
(80.2)
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26.9
(80.4)
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26.5
(79.7)
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| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
23.2
(73.8)
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23.3
(73.9)
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23.1
(73.6)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
23.1
(73.6)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.6
(72.7)
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22.5
(72.5)
|
22.7
(72.9)
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23.0
(73.4)
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23.0
(73.4)
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23.1
(73.6)
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22.9
(73.3)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
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179
(7.0)
|
156
(6.1)
|
212
(8.3)
|
269
(10.6)
|
478
(18.8)
|
655
(25.8)
|
844
(33.2)
|
809
(31.9)
|
493
(19.4)
|
350
(13.8)
|
226
(8.9)
|
184
(7.2)
|
4,855
(191)
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| Source: Climate-Data.org[3]
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Citations
External links
6°17′S 150°20′E / 6.283°S 150.333°E / -6.283; 150.333
