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Rocky Cape Lighthouse - TAS

Lighthouse

Position

DEG: -40.85481 145.50823

DMS: 40º 51' 17.31" S 145º 30' 29.61" E

UTM: 55 G 5476289mN 374263mE

Altitude: 37.13m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Lighthouse

Location

271.37kms NorthWest of Hobart
340.85kms South of Melbourne

Address & Contact

Rocky Cape National Park
Tasmania 7321

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Easy access - just drive to the end of Rocky Cape Road where you can park then walk the short trail through the scrub to the lighthouse. Built in 1968 - uses a Chance Brothers 400m catadioptric lens, flashing once every 10 secs.

PlaceID	45976

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Wynyard at 02/05:00pm EST

Distance from Rocky Cape Lighthouse 24.38km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
13.6°C	8.9°C	61%	6.2°C	1030.6hPa	0.0mm	WSW	20km/hr 11knots	26km/hr 14knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wynyard Airport

Distance from Rocky Cape Lighthouse 24.38km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.4	21.7	20.1	17.5	15.1	13.4	12.7	13.3	14.4	16.0	18.0	19.5
Mean Min. °C	11.0	11.6	9.5	7.2	5.3	4.1	3.4	4.1	4.9	6.1	8.1	9.5
Mean Rain mm	44.0	48.5	47.6	73.3	97.0	108.0	129.6	115.2	96.2	96.1	75.5	65.3