Cape Lookout

Cape Lookout can refer to:

Cape Lookout (South Shetland Islands)

Cape Lookout, also known as Cabo Fossatti or Cabo Vigia, is a steep cape, 240 m high, marking the southern extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name Cape Lookout appears on a map of 1822 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer, and is now established in international usage.

Important Bird Area

The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 12,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.

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Coordinates: 61°16′S 55°12′W / 61.267°S 55.200°W / -61.267; -55.200

Cape Lookout (North Carolina)

Cape Lookout is the southern point of the Core Banks, one of the natural barrier islands on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina, USA. It delimits Onslow Bay to the west from Raleigh Bay to the east. Core Banks and Shackleford Banks have been designated as parts of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Cape Lookout is part of Carteret County and is located 11 miles southeast of Beaufort, NC. Cape Lookout is one of North Carolina's three major capes; the other two are Cape Hatteras to the north and Cape Fear to the south.

The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is located on the cape, approximately three miles northeast of the point of the cape.

Hurricane Irene made landfall near the cape on Saturday, August 27, 2011 as a Category 1 storm with a very low pressure of 950 mbar.

References

Coordinates: 34°36′19″N 76°32′10″W / 34.60528°N 76.53611°W / 34.60528; -76.53611