Glyde Point, Northern Territory

Glyde Point is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 37 kilometres (23 mi) north-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]

Glyde Point
Northern Territory
Glyde Point is located in Northern Territory
Glyde Point
Glyde Point
Coordinates12°10′50″S 131°04′44″E[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0822[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location37 km (23 mi) NE of Darwin
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)Nelson[4]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
32.1 °C
90 °F		 23.2 °C
74 °F		 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
Suburbs around Glyde Point:
Vernon Islands Vernon Islands Vernon Islands
Gunn Point Glyde Point Vernon Islands
Koolpinyah
Murrumujuk Koolpinyah Koolpinyah
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[7][8]

Glyde Point is located on land on the south coast of the Clarence Strait which overlooks the Vernon Islands. This locality is named after the point of the same name which was named in the 1860s possibly after Lavington Glyde, a former member of the South Australian Parliament. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[7][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Glyde Point had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

In 2019, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that consideration was being given to building a port facility within the locality at Glyde Point that could be used by the Royal Australian Navy and the US Marine Corps.[9] This was proposed in response to the 99-year lease of Port Darwin to a company owned by a Chinese Communist Party-connected billionaire.[10]

Glyde Point is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and within the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Glyde Point". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glyde Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "Glyde Point Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. "Division of Nelson". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. "Glyde Point". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  8. "Litchfield Municipality Localities (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. Greene, Andrew; Park, Michael (23 June 2019). "Secret plans for new port outside Darwin to accommodate visiting US Marines". ABC News. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. Gibson, Jano (24 June 2019). "New Darwin port would 'counterbalance' 99-year Chinese company lease: Liberal MP". ABC News. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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