Marble Bar - WA

Populated Place Town Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park River Crossing Rubbish Bin,Tip Fuel Water Supply Toilet Pub Mine Food,Shopping Police Station Medical Services Resort,Motel
Rating 4 Star Rating4 Reviews
Position DEG-21.17067 119.744408
DMS21º 10' 14.41" S 119º 44' 39.87" E
UTM 50 K 7656497mN 784979mE
Altitude177.84m
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Population - Populated Place

Location

88.26kms NorthWest of Nullagine - Driving 112 km (1 hour 42 mins)
151.59kms SouthEast of Port Hedland - Driving 201 km (2 hours 51 mins)
348.08kms SouthWest of Bidyadanga Community - Driving 554 km (6 hours 39 mins)
577.57kms SouthWest of Looma

Address & Contact

2-4 Ironclad St
Marble Bar WA 6760
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Information

Marble Bar, is a town and rock formation in the Pilbara region of north-western Western Australia. It is well known for its extremely hot weather.The town was officially gazetted in 1893 following the discovery of gold in the area in 1890. The name Marble Bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar, known as Marble Bar, which runs across the bed of the Coongan River.

It had a railway connecting with Port Hedland up until the early 1950's, which can be seen as a narrow gauge precursor to the network of standard gauge iron-ore railways that have since been created across the Pilbara.

It is known as 'the hottest town in Australia' a fact which is still recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. For 161 consecutive days to 20 April 1924 the temperature in the town never dropped below 100°F (37.8°C). This record still stands after nearly seventy years.

Facilities in town include a Caravan Park, a Hotel, the Travellers Stop. A little further out the back of town is Chinaman's Pool and Marble Bar Pool - natural watering holes suitable for swimming where you can also see the Jasper outcrop from which the town took its name. 7km out of town you'll find the Comet Gold Mine, which today operates as a museum and tourist centre.

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Closest Weather Station

Marble Bar at 26/02:30am WST
Distance from Marble Bar 0.78km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
19.3°C 17.1°C 48% 8.0°C 1017.9hPa 0.0mm SE 9km/hr
5knots
13km/hr
7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Pardoo Station
Distance from Marble Bar 119.32km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.535.536.335.5 31.728.327.930.0 32.835.536.636.2
Mean Min. °C 25.925.824.521.6 17.314.813.013.6 16.119.722.124.8
Mean Rain mm 58.974.663.519.5 24.626.99.84.9 2.90.73.323.7
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