Green Cape is a locality situated on the eponymous headland or cape on the far south coast of

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. It is located at 37° 15' S 150° 03' E, within

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, south of

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. The headland forms the northern boundary of Disaster Bay.

History

The first vessel recorded shipwrecked at Green Cape was the ''City of Sydney'' which struck the cape in fog on 6 October 1862 with more than 100 passengers on board. All passengers and crew boarded lifeboats and made it safely ashore. The Green Cape Lighthouse, the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales, completed in 1883, was mostly constructed by

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, who constructed a wooden tramway from the nearest landfall at

Bittangabee Bay Bittangabee Bay is a tiny, picturesque bay on the rugged and remote stretch of coastline south of Eden, New South Wales, Eden in New South Wales, Australia. The bay is located in Beowa National Park, and there is a campground nearby. The facilities ...

for the purpose. On 31 May 1886 The SS Ly-Ee-Moon en route to Sydney from Melbourne, struck a reef close to the cape at night. 71 souls were lost with the lighthouse keepers only being able to save 15 people under the conditions.

Climate

Green Cape has an

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(''Cfb'') with mild to warm summers and cool winters. Due to the

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, it features more clear days annually (67.9) than

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(48.6 days), in addition to being warmer in winter.Summary statistics GREEN CAPE LIGHTHOUSE

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Heritage listings

Green Cape has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Green Cape Road: Green Cape Maritime Precinct

References

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