Tropic of Capricorn Marker - Stuart Hwy - NT

  Marker,Sign

Position

DEG: -23.441999 133.832794
DMS: 23º 26' 31.2" S 133º 49' 58.06" E
UTM: 53 K 7407067mN 380770mE
Altitude: 715.13m

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87
Burt Plain NT 0872
Phone: N/A
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Information

The Tropic of Capricorn Marker, a Bicentennial community project, is set back 15 metres from the road, along the Stuart Highway, 30 kilometres north of Alice Springs. In 1987 the local Alice Springs newspaper ran a competition for a design to replace the Tropic of Capricorn marker. The winning design was submitted by a local resident. It consists of a stylised globe of the world on top of a slanted pole around 6.5 metres high. A local artist was commissioned to carve the Capricorn goats into either side of the cement base and the new marker was officially opened late 1988.
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Closest Weather Station

Alice Springs Airport at 05/03:30pm CST
Distance from Tropic of Capricorn Marker - Stuart Hwy 39.65km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
39.9°C36.7°C12%5.1°C1005.8hPa0.0mmNW11km/hr
6knots
20km/hr
11knots

Closest Climatic Station

Alice Springs Airport
Distance from Tropic of Capricorn Marker - Stuart Hwy 39.65km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C36.435.132.628.223.019.819.722.627.230.933.635.4
Mean Min. °C21.520.717.512.68.25.04.06.010.314.817.920.2
Mean Rain mm38.643.832.316.318.913.615.09.28.521.429.136.9

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