Английская Википедия:Cape Northumberland (South Australia)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Cape Northumberland is a headland in the southeast of the Australian state of South Australia. It is the southernmost point of South Australia. It is located about Шаблон:Convert from the town of Port MacDonnell, 28 kilometres south southwest from the municipal seat of Mount Gambier and about Шаблон:Convert southeast of the state's capital Adelaide.[1][2][3]
History
Cape Northumberland was named by the Royal Navy officer, James Grant, on 3 December 1800, when he was mapping the southern coast of Australia in his early-19th century expedition. The headland was named after Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland. The cape is near the site of the historic Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, built in 1887. A new lighthouse has been constructed about Шаблон:Convert north of Cape Northumberland.[1][2]
Geography
The cape is located on the southeast coast of South Australia. It is the western end of Discovery Bay and its subsidiary, MacDonnell Bay.[1][4]Шаблон:Rp The cape was described in 2017 in an American source as being "about Шаблон:Convert high, is rugged and cliffy, with a hill rising to an elevation of Шаблон:Convert behind it.[4]Шаблон:Rp It is the southernmost point on the South Australian coastline.[1][5]
Climate
Gallery
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The first Cape Northumberland Lighthouse
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The sign at Cape Northumberland, marking South Australia's southernmost point
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A satellite image of Cape Northumberland (left) showing its relationship to the coastline to its immediate east including the James Corcoran Breakwater[5]
References
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