Cape Arid - WA

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  Cape,Headland,Point

Position

DEG: -34.01062 123.152
DMS: 34º 00' 38.23" S 123º 09' 7.2" E
UTM: 51 H 6236656mN 514035mE
Altitude: 1.15m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Cape,Headland,Point

Location

718.48kms East of Perth

Address & Contact

Australia
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Information

This headland is at the southern end of the National Park that share's its name. Cape Arid lies on the shore of the south coast from the eastern end of the Rechereche Archipelago. The first European to discover the area was the French Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 and he named it Cap Aride; Matthew Flinders anglicized the name in 1802 and the park took its name from this feature.Pioneer graziers arrived in the area in the 1870s and the ruins of homesteads, dams and buildings as well as gravesites can be found near Pine Hill and Thomas Fishery.Bay whaling was conducted by Thomas Sherratt at Barrier Anchorage in the 1870s. John Thomas also seems to have had a bay whaling operation in the 1860s at Thomas's Fishery.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Esperance Harbour at 29/09:00pm WST
Distance from Cape Arid 116.72km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
22.6°C°C%°C1019.2hPa-mm-km/hr
knots
km/hr
knots

Closest Climatic Station

Esperance
Distance from Cape Arid 117.86km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C26.226.225.223.220.518.017.217.919.421.123.124.6
Mean Min. °C15.716.115.113.211.09.18.38.69.510.812.714.4
Mean Rain mm27.623.930.246.071.679.796.482.361.645.934.618.8

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