Cape Grim
Kennaook / Cape Grim | |
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Cape Grim, looking North. The Doughboys on the left, Trefoil Island in middle distance, Hunter Island and Three Hummock Island beyond to the right. | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′31″S 144°43′33″E / 40.64194°S 144.72583°E | |
| Location | Tasmania, Australia |
| Offshore water bodies | Southern Indian Ocean Bass Strait |
Cape Grim, officially Kennaook / Cape Grim, is the northwestern point of Tasmania, Australia. The Peerapper name for the cape is recorded as Kennaook.
It is the location of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station and of the Cape Grim Air Archive which is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in a joint programme with the CSIRO. The station was established in 1976 and has been operating ever since. The data from Cape Grim have been used extensively in assessments of climate change and ozone depletion.