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 Green Cape Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse located at the tip of Green Cape, New South Wales, Green Cape, a headland forming the northern boundary of Disaster Bay, in southern New South Wales, Australia. It is the southernmost lig ...

, 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

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for the purpose. On 31 May

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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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