Cape Flattery (Queensland)

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Cape Flattery (Queensland) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 14°59′00″S 145°21′00″E / 14.98333°S 145.35000°E

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Cape Flattery
Cape
Cape Flattery Location in Australia
Coordinates: 14°59′00″S 145°21′00″E / 14.98333°S 145.35000°E / -14.98333; 145.35000
Location	Cape York Peninsula, Australia
Offshore water bodies	Coral Sea
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)

Cape Flattery is a cape in northern Queensland approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Cooktown, Queensland. The headland was named by James Cook on 10 August 1770 as he charted the eastern Australian coast.

Silica mine

Cape Flattery is the location of the world's biggest silica mine.^[1] The mine was established in 1967 and was severely damaged by Cyclone Ita in 2014.

The cape's local port is used for the shipping of silica sand from a local subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and exports the most silica sand internationally, with 1.7 million tonnes exported alone in 2007–08.^[2]

Climate

Cape Flattery has a tropical savannah climate (Köppen: Aw), with a sultry wet season from December and April and a slightly cooler dry season from May to November. Average maxima are high year-round, ranging from 32.1 °C (89.8 °F) in January to 26.7 °C (80.1 °F) in July. Annual rainfall averages 1,437.4 millimetres (56.59 in), with a maximum in late summer and a minimum in winter and spring. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) on 26 November 2018 to 11.0 °C (51.8 °F) on 29 June 2007.^[3]

Climate data for Cape Flattery (14º58'12"S, 145º18'36"E, 19 m AMSL) (2003-2024 normals and extremes)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	39.5 (103.1)	39.0 (102.2)	36.7 (98.1)	34.1 (93.4)	31.9 (89.4)	31.6 (88.9)	29.9 (85.8)	31.0 (87.8)	31.4 (88.5)	34.0 (93.2)	41.9 (107.4)	39.2 (102.6)	41.9 (107.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.1 (89.8)	32.1 (89.8)	31.2 (88.2)	30.2 (86.4)	28.7 (83.7)	27.1 (80.8)	26.7 (80.1)	27.4 (81.3)	29.0 (84.2)	30.4 (86.7)	31.9 (89.4)	32.6 (90.7)	30.0 (85.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	24.8 (76.6)	24.8 (76.6)	24.7 (76.5)	24.4 (75.9)	23.4 (74.1)	21.9 (71.4)	21.3 (70.3)	21.3 (70.3)	22.3 (72.1)	23.1 (73.6)	24.4 (75.9)	25.0 (77.0)	23.5 (74.2)
Record low °C (°F)	20.7 (69.3)	21.4 (70.5)	19.7 (67.5)	19.3 (66.7)	12.2 (54.0)	11.0 (51.8)	13.8 (56.8)	13.0 (55.4)	13.0 (55.4)	15.9 (60.6)	19.2 (66.6)	19.2 (66.6)	11.0 (51.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	272.7 (10.74)	261.5 (10.30)	373.7 (14.71)	179.3 (7.06)	60.1 (2.37)	38.6 (1.52)	35.7 (1.41)	17.6 (0.69)	7.8 (0.31)	15.4 (0.61)	33.8 (1.33)	145.0 (5.71)	1,437.4 (56.59)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	15.8	15.0	17.7	12.0	8.3	7.3	7.3	3.9	2.0	2.6	3.3	8.1	103.3
Source: Bureau of Meteorology (2003-2024 normals and extremes)^[4]

References

^ Tony Moore (14 April 2014). "'World's biggest' silica mine damaged by Cyclone Ita". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Cape Flattery, Section 1 – Introduction" (PDF). Queensland Government. Maritime Safety Queensland. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Cape Flattery Climate (2003-2024)". FarmOnline Weather. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Cape Flattery Climate Statistics (2003-2024)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

v t e Australian places named on the First voyage of James Cook in 1770
Victoria	19 April: Point Hicks Ram Head 20: Cape Howe
New South Wales	21 April: Mount Dromedary Batemans Bay 22 April: Pigeon House 25 April: Red Point 28 April: Botany Bay* 6 May: Port Jackson Broken Bay 11 May: Point Stephens Port Stephens Cape Hawke 12 May: The Three Brothers 13 May: Smoky Cape 15 May: Solitary Isles Cape Byron 16 May: Mount Warning
Queensland	16 May: Point Danger 17 May: Point Lookout Cape Moreton Moreton Bay The Glass Houses 18 May: Double Island Point Wide Bay 19 May: Indian Head Sandy Cape 21 May: Hervey Bay Breaksea Spit 23 May: Bustard Bay* 25 May: Cape Capricorn 26 May: Keppel Isles 27 May: Keppel Bay Cape Manyfold 28 May: Shoalwater Bay Northumberland Isles 31 May: Pier Head 1 June: Long Isle Broad Sound 2 June: Slade Point Cape Hillsborough 3 June: Cape Conway Repulse Bay 4 June: Whitsundays Passage Pentecost Island Cape Gloucester Edgecumbe Bay Cumberland Islands 5 June: Cape Upstart 6 June: Magnetical Island Palm Isles Cleveland Bay 8 June: Halifax Bay Rockingham Bay Dunk Island Hillock Point Double Point 9 June: Frankland Islands Fitzroy Island Cape Grafton 10 June: Green Isle Trinity Bay Cape Tribulation Low Isles 13 June: Hope Islands 14 June – 4 August: Endeavour River Cape Bedford 10 August: Cape Flattery 11 August: Lizard Island* Eagle Island* 19 August: Cape Grenville Forbes Islands Bolt Head 20 August: Bird Isles Sir Charles Hardy Islands 21 August: York Cape 22 August: Possession Island* Prince of Wales' Isles 23 August: Booby Island*
*Places where Cook landed

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