Kiama Heights

Kiama Heights
Kiama Heights; New South Wales
	Kiama Heights
Coordinates	34°42′14″S150°50′23″E / 34.70389°S 150.83972°E Coordinates: 34°42′14″S150°50′23″E / 34.70389°S 150.83972°E
Population	814 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s)	2533
LGA(s)	Municipality of Kiama
State electorate(s)	Kiama
Federal Division(s)	Gilmore
	Localities around Kiama Heights:

Last updated October 15, 2019

Kiama Heights is a semi-rural locality in the Illawarra, south of Kiama in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the coast of the Tasman Sea on either side of the Princes Highway.^[2] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 814.^[1]

Illawarra is a region in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a coastal region situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the Shoalhaven or South Coast region. It encompasses the cities of Wollongong, Shellharbour and the town of Kiama.

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In March 2019, the population of New South Wales was over 8 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) across and about 2,800 km (1,700 mi) from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania. British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration.

Climate

The climate is humid subtropical (Köppen: Cfa), but areas like Bare Bluff or the Billys Lookout Observatory in the southern extreme have an oceanic climate (Cfb), being the northernmost places in this climatic category along the Australian coast.^[3]

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents, generally between latitudes 25° and 35° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates. While many subtropical climates tend to be located at or near coastal locations, in some cases they extend inland, most notably in China and the United States, where they exhibit more pronounced seasonal variations and sharper contrasts between summer and winter, as part of a gradient between the more tropical climates of the southern coasts of these countries and the more continental climates of China and the United States’ northern and central regions.

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by the German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, the climatologist Rudolf Geiger introduced some changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes called the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers and cool but not cold winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates. Oceanic climates are defined as having a monthly mean temperature below 22 °C (72 °F) in the warmest month, and above 0 °C (32 °F) in the coldest month.

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References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kiama Heights". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
↑ "Werri Beach". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . New South Wales Government . Retrieved 20 July 2017.
↑ "Interactive Australia / New Zealand Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map". www.plantmaps.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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[Census-1] 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kiama Heights". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[2] "Werri Beach". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . New South Wales Government . Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[3] "Interactive Australia / New Zealand Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map". www.plantmaps.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.