Gasmata

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[edit]

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

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 31.1
(88.0)  | 30.7
(87.3)  | 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)  | 30.6
(87.1)  | 30.7
(87.3)  | 30.0
(86.1)
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)  | 26.8
(80.2)  | 26.9
(80.4)  | 26.5
(79.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 23.2
(73.8)  | 23.3
(73.9)  | 23.1
(73.6)  | 22.8
(73.0)  | 23.1
(73.6)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 22.6
(72.7)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 22.7
(72.9)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 23.1
(73.6)  | 22.9
(73.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 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)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
2. ^ Canberra Times, Saturday 24 June 1950, Page Four.
3. ^ "Climate: Gasmata". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Pacific Wrecks - Gasmata

6°17′S 150°20′E﻿ / ﻿6.283°S 150.333°E﻿ / -6.283; 150.333

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