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New Mapoon

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New Mapoon

Coordinates-10.87°, 142.38°

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Overview

New Mapoon is a town in the Northern Peninsula Area Region and coastal locality split between the Northern Peninsula Region and Shire of Torres, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of New Mapoon had a population of 412 people.

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History & geography

Geography

New Mapoon is an area south of Seisia and west of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula, adjoining the Lockerbie Scrub. New Mapoon is 1 of the 5 communities that form the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA). The NPA consists of in the northernmost region of Cape York in far north Queensland. Injinoo, Umagico, Seisia and Bamaga communities make up the remainder of the NPA.

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Geography

Latitude
-10.8667
Longitude
142.3830
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Air quality

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Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
10,228
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Bar-shouldered Dove
    Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
    383
  • Green Oriole
    Oriolus flavocinctus (King, 1826) · Aves
    356
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
    Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    302
  • Australasian Figbird
    Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
    277
  • Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
    Meliphaga notata (Gould, 1867) · Aves
    270
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
    Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
    267
  • Palm Cockatoo
    Probosciger aterrimus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    256
  • Australian Brushturkey
    Alectura lathami J.E.Gray, 1831 · Aves
    255

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.27
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,923

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
124
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API