Cape Capricorn is a coastal headland on Curtis Island,

Gladstone Region Gladstone Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , and has an estimated operating budget of Australian dollar, A$84 million. In the , the Gladstone Region had a ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. It was named by

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when he passed on 25 May 1770, since he found it to be located on the

Tropic of Capricorn The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. It also reach ...

(which was located at 23°28′15″ in 1770). The modern surveyed location of its endpoint is just slightly south of the present tropic.

Heritage listings

Cape Capricorn has a number of

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sites, including: * North eastern tip of Curtis Island: Cape Capricorn Light

Lighthouse

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was first established on the Cape in 1875. The current lighthouse, dating from 1964, is the third built on the site. The lighthouse, like most along the Queensland coast, is automated.

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External links

Cape Capricorn Lighthouse Escape
- Curtis Island Lighthouse {{coord, 23, 28, 53, S, 151, 13, 53, E, display=inline,title Capricorn