{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date= November 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = Cape Willoughby | state = SA | city = [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] | image = Australia kangaroo island cape willoughby.jpg | caption = Cape Willoughby Lightstation. Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island | elevation = 53 | elevation_footnotes =<ref name=NGA/> | coordinates = {{coord|35.842874|S|138.133364|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search result for 'Cape Willoughby, Cape' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer'|url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.12848&y=-35.8412&z=15&uids=19,105&pinx=138.134750&piny=-35.841430&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Cape+Willoughby,+Cape |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=15 October 2018}}</ref> | dist1 = 22 | dir1 = south east | location1 = [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]]<ref name= Chart12/> |footnotes= }} '''Cape Willoughby''' is a headland in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the east end of the [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] in the gazetted locality of [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] about {{convert|22|km|abbr=off}} south east of the town of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]].<ref name=Chart12>{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors | title=The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia | pages= Chart 12|isbn=978-0-7243-7603-2 }}</ref><ref name="LMV"/>
The cape is described as being ‘the Eastern extremity of Kangaroo Island, is a bold, rocky headland, {{convert|53|m|abbr=off}} high.’<ref name=NGA>{{cite enroute|175|2017|214}}</ref> It was named after a village in [[Lincolnshire]] by the British navigator, [[Matthew Flinders]], on 7 April 1802.<ref name=SLSA>{{cite web|title=Willoughby, Cape |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/w/w6.htm#willoughbyC |publisher=The State Library of South Australia |accessdate=28 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204150501/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/w/w6.htm |archivedate=4 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Part of the cape is within the [[Cape Willoughby Conservation Park]] while the waters adjoining its northern shoreline are within the [[Encounter Marine Park]]. The cape is the site of South Australia’s first [[lighthouse]] which was first illuminated on 16 January 1852.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Parsons, Ronald | title=Lighthouses of South Australia | year=1985 | publication-date=1985 | publisher=R. Parsons | page=4|isbn=978-0-909418-35-9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Encounter Marine Park Management plan summary|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b3e51be9-f461-47c9-b106-a11700a19006/mp-gen-15encounter-managementplan.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=17 June 2014|page=38 of 39}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Kangaroo_Island/Cape_Willoughby |title= Cape Willoughby Conservation Park |accessdate=25 October 2014 |first= |last= |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|date= 2014|page = }}</ref>
==Climate== {{Weather box <!-- Infobox begins --> | width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = y | location = Cape Willoughby, [[Willoughby, South Australia]] (55m ASL) |collapsed = yes <!-- Maximum Humidex --> <!-- The humidex table can be used only if the source provides humidex values. As of July 2015, few if any countries other than Canada use the Humidex. --> | Jan maximum humidex = | Feb maximum humidex = | Mar maximum humidex = | Apr maximum humidex = | May maximum humidex = | Jun maximum humidex = | Jul maximum humidex = | Aug maximum humidex = | Sep maximum humidex = | Oct maximum humidex = | Nov maximum humidex = | Dec maximum humidex = | year maximum humidex = <!-- Record high temperatures --> <!-- Note that record temperatures should only be used when the data period is of the greatest length possible. --> | Jan record high C = 42.2 | Feb record high C = 39.3 | Mar record high C = 38.5 | Apr record high C = 32.7 | May record high C = 26.0 | Jun record high C = 23.1 | Jul record high C = 21.2 | Aug record high C = 22.1 | Sep record high C = 27.5 | Oct record high C = 33.7 | Nov record high C = 39.0 | Dec record high C = 41.0 | year record high C = 42.2 <!-- Average monthly absolute maximum temperatures (that is, on average, the highest temperature to be observed in a month). It is important to note that this data is not very prominent in most climate data archives. --> | Jan avg record high C = | Feb avg record high C = | Mar avg record high C = | Apr avg record high C = | May avg record high C = | Jun avg record high C = | Jul avg record high C = | Aug avg record high C = | Sep avg record high C = | Oct avg record high C = | Nov avg record high C = | Dec avg record high C = | year avg record high C = <!-- Note: the yearly data does NOT necessarily reflect the highest temperature in any of the months. This refers to the yearly highest temperature, that is, on average, the highest temperature to be observed in a year. --> <!-- Average high temperatures --> | Jan high C = 21.8 | Feb high C = 21.8 | Mar high C = 20.7 | Apr high C = 19.2 | May high C = 17.0 | Jun high C = 14.9 | Jul high C = 14.2 | Aug high C = 14.6 | Sep high C = 16.0 | Oct high C = 17.7 | Nov high C = 19.3 | Dec high C = 20.8 | year high C = 18.2 <!-- Mean daily temperature --> | Jan mean C = 18.8 | Feb mean C = 19.1 | Mar mean C = 18.2 | Apr mean C = 16.7 | May mean C = 14.8 | Jun mean C = 12.9 | Jul mean C = 12.0 | Aug mean C = 12.1 | Sep mean C = 13.2 | Oct mean C = 14.6 | Nov mean C = 16.2 | Dec mean C = 17.6 | year mean C = 15.5 <!-- Average low temperatures --> | Jan low C = 16.0 | Feb low C = 16.3 | Mar low C = 15.6 | Apr low C = 14.2 | May low C = 12.6 | Jun low C = 10.9 | Jul low C = 9.8 | Aug low C = 9.7 | Sep low C = 10.5 | Oct low C = 11.6 | Nov low C = 13.1 | Dec low C = 14.5 | year low C = 12.9 <!-- Average monthly absolute minimum temperatures (that is, on average, the lowest temperature to be observed in a month). It is important to note that this data is not very prominent in most climate data archives. --> | Jan avg record low C = | Feb avg record low C = | Mar avg record low C = | Apr avg record low C = | May avg record low C = | Jun avg record low C = | Jul avg record low C = | Aug avg record low C = | Sep avg record low C = | Oct avg record low C = | Nov avg record low C = | Dec avg record low C = | year avg record low C = <!-- Note: the yearly data does NOT necessarily reflect the lowest temperature in any of the months. This refers to the yearly lowest temperature, that is, on average, the highest temperature to be observed in a year. --> <!-- Record low temperatures --> <!-- Note that record temperatures should only be used when the data period is of the greatest length possible. --> | Jan record low C = 6.1 | Feb record low C = 9.2 | Mar record low C = 7.2 | Apr record low C = 5.2 | May record low C = 4.8 | Jun record low C = 5.2 | Jul record low C = 3.6 | Aug record low C = 4.2 | Sep record low C = 3.3 | Oct record low C = 3.4 | Nov record low C = 5.7 | Dec record low C = 7.0 | year record low C = 3.3 <!-- Minimum wind chill --> | Jan chill = | Feb chill = | Mar chill = | Apr chill = | May chill = | Jun chill = | Jul chill = | Aug chill = | Sep chill = | Oct chill = | Nov chill = | Dec chill = | year chill = <!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. --> | precipitation colour = green<!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, "none" for no colours, remove this line for blue colouring. --> <!-- IMPORTANT: use mm or cm but NOT both! --> | Jan precipitation mm = | Feb precipitation mm = | Mar precipitation mm = | Apr precipitation mm = | May precipitation mm = | Jun precipitation mm = | Jul precipitation mm = | Aug precipitation mm = | Sep precipitation mm = | Oct precipitation mm = | Nov precipitation mm = | Dec precipitation mm = | year precipitation mm =
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==See also== *[[Willoughby, Lincolnshire]]
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
{{ Kangaroo Island |state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Willoughby}} [[Category:Headlands of Kangaroo Island|W]] [[Category:Backstairs Passage|W]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]]