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Cape Liptrap - VIC

Cape,Headland,Point

Position

DEG: -38.90863 145.92222

DMS: 38º 54' 31.07" S 145º 55' 20.01" E

UTM: 55 H 5692811mN 406552mE

Altitude: 19.06m

Place Type

Geography - Cape,Headland,Point

Location

147.61kms SouthEast of Melbourne
457.06kms North of Hobart
787.57kms SouthEast of Adelaide

Address & Contact

Cape Liptrap Coastal Park
Victoria

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

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Information

A lighthouse was established at Cape Liptrap in 1913 to improve the safety of coastal shipping. In 1951 the steel tower was dismantled and replaced with the current structure. The light is still in operation and has a range of 18 nautical miles (over 34 kilometres).

PlaceID	55146

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Pound Creek at 17/03:30am EST

Distance from Cape Liptrap 32.47km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
10.8°C	6.4°C	75%	6.6°C	1009.1hPa	2.4mm	NW	19km/hr 10knots	33km/hr 18knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wonthaggi

Distance from Cape Liptrap 43.75km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	23.9	24.6	22.6	19.7	16.6	14.2	13.5	14.4	16.0	18.1	20.0	21.9
Mean Min. °C	13.0	13.4	12.2	10.3	8.6	6.6	6.1	6.7	7.7	8.8	10.4	11.6
Mean Rain mm	48.1	46.7	61.3	79.1	98.2	96.5	98.6	102.1	89.2	87.2	69.9	61.2