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Cape Grim is the northwestern point of Tasmania, Australia. Discovered and named Cape Grim by Matthew Flinders on 7 December 1798, as he sailed from the East in the ''Norfolk'' and found a long swell coming from the South-west, confirming for the first time that Van Diemen's Land was separated from the Australian mainland by a strait which he named Bass Strait.〔Ernest Scott, p138, ''The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.'', Angus & Robertson, 1914.〕 It is the location of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station 〔(Cape Grim: Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (Tas) (Profile - Facility) )〕 which is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology 〔(The Cape Grim Program )〕 in a joint programme with the CSIRO. The Station was established in 1976 and has been operating ever since. What makes Cape Grim unique is its isolated geographic location. The next land mass directly west of Cape Grim is not Africa, but the southern tip of Argentina. Winds that make their way to Cape Grim from Antarctica and the Indian Ocean hit no significant land mass. Air pollution values collected at Cape Grim represent the closest representation attainable of a global average. In 1828 ''Victory Hill'' at Cape Grim was the site of the Cape Grim massacre of 30 aborigines from the ''Pennemukeer'' band of the North West tribe by four shepherds in response to sheep being driven over the cliff six weeks earlier by the ''Peerapper'' band.〔Lyndall Ryan, pp135-137, ''The Aboriginal Tasmanians'', Allen & Unwin, 1996, ISBN 1-86373-965-3〕 ==See also== *Woolnorth Wind Farm 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Grim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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