Nhulunbuy
Nhulunbuy | |
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Interactive map of Nhulunbuy | |
| Coordinates: 12°10′57″S 136°46′55″E / 12.18250°S 136.78194°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Northern Territory |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
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| Area | |
• Total | 7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,267 (UCL 2021) |
| Postcode | 0881, 0880 |
| Mean max temp | 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 1,305.3 mm (51.39 in) |
Nhulunbuy (/nuːlənbaɪ/), 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. The town is a private mining town residing on Aboriginal-owned land.
Nhulun, named Mount Saunders by Matthew Flinders, is a 200-metre (660 ft) flat-topped hill rising behind the town, which gets its name from this sacred site. In the 2021 census, the locality of Nhulunbuy had a population of 3,350 people.