U.S. set to build new naval base in Australia

The United States military is planning to spend more than $200 million on additional naval military infrastructure near Darwin in Australia, a move that is likely to raise tensions with China


USS Wasp (LHD-1)

New port could eventually accommodate large amphibious warships such as Australia’s Landing Helicopter Docks, as well as U.S. vessels


CHINA
JAPAN
PACIFIC OCEAN

Chinese claim line: So-called “nine-dash line”

Darwin
AUSTRALIA
Canberra

1,500km 930 miles


Glyde Point
Plans for U.S. multi-use port

Robertson Barracks
Main base for current force of 2,500 U.S. Marines deployed on rotational basis

Darwin Port: Leased for 99 years to Chinese company Landbridge

Darwin International Airport / Royal Australian Air Force base

Central Business District

DARWIN

Cox Peninsula

Gunnery range

TIMOR SEA 

Gunn Point

Vernon Islands

Adelaide River

Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve

10km 6 miles


Sources: ABC News, Reuters 
Picture: U.S. Navy 
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