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The Australian east coast city closest to the Tropic of Capricorn is Rockhampton. A monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn is located just South of the city.
The Tropic of Capricorn passes through Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, which is off the coast of Africa.
Vanuatu is an island off the northeast coast of Australia, and located in the Tropic of Capricorn. Vanuatu lies 2,848 miles south of the Tropic of Cancer.
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Yes. The Tropic of Capricorn extends from Rockhampton in the east, just north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, the continues on to cross Western Australia's coast between Carnarvon and Exmouth.
The most well known Australian city on the Tropic of Capricorn is Rockhampton, on the central Queensland coast.Alice Springs (in the center of Australia) is close, at just under 29 km or 17 miles south of the line.
Theoretically, this is the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through Australia, midway down the Queensland coast. However, cyclones have been known to venture further south than this Tropic.
The gold coast is not close to the equator, as the equator passes through countries such as Indonesia. Australia is south of that. In fact, the Gold Coast is south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Longreach is located in far western Queensland, approximately 700km from the eastern coast. Its latitude is the Tropic of Capricorn.
East Coast of Queensland. Rockhampton is located about 600 km north of Brisbane, capital of Queensland. Rockhampton lies about 40 km inland from the central Queensland coast, and is on the Tropic of Capricorn.
Capricorn Coast National Park was created in 1992.
Capricorn Coast Hospital was created on 2010-02-08.