| Port Bonython South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Port Bonython gas-loading wharf with Santos' gas fractionation plant in the background. | |||||||||||||||
  Port Bonython | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°59′30″S 137°45′50″E / 32.99167°S 137.76389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (SAL 2016)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | circa 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5601 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 221 km (137 mi) from Adelaide CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Whyalla | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[4] | ||||||||||||||
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Port Bonython is the location of a deepwater port, gas fractionation plant and diesel storage facility west of Point Lowly in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia.[5] It lies 16 km east-northeast of Whyalla, South Australia and approximately 370 km north-west of the State's capital city, Adelaide. The existing wharf is 2.4 kilometres long and is capable of berthing small Capesize ships with a maximum capacity of 110,000 tonnes. The wharf was established in 1982 and named after John Bonython, the founding chairman of Santos. The structure is leased to Santos by the Government of South Australia and is used for the export of hydrocarbon products. An oil spill at Port Bonython in 1992 resulted in loss of bird life and damage to mangrove habitats to the west and southwest of Port Pirie.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Bonython (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Bonython (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "District of Giles Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Port Bonython: Australia, geographic coordinates, administrative division, map". Geographical Names. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
