Port of Amamapare | |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Western New Guinea |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the port in Indonesian Papua |
Native Name: | Pelabuhan Amamapare |
Native Name Lang: | id |
Country: | Indonesia |
Location: | Mimika Regency, Central Papua |
Coordinates: | -4.8833°N 184°W |
Amamapare is a port in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refer to it as a port town.[1] It is an important industrial centre and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from Grasberg mine over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world.[2] The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.
Amamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.