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Morant Point
Morant Point
Easternmost extremity
	Morant Point Lighthouse looking north north east.
	Morant Point
	Coordinates: 17°54′54″N 76°11′17″W / 17.9149202°N 76.1881685°W
Country	Jamaica
Parish	St Thomas
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)

Morant Point in Saint Thomas Parish is the easternmost point of mainland Jamaica and the site of Morant Point Lighthouse.

History

It is called Cape Morante on several early maps including one dated 1572.^[1] It has had the name Morant Point since at least 1671.^[2]

Climate data for Morant Point Lighthouse
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27.6 (81.7)	27.9 (82.2)	28.8 (83.8)	29.3 (84.7)	29.9 (85.8)	30.2 (86.4)	30.6 (87.1)	30.9 (87.6)	30.6 (87.1)	30.3 (86.5)	29.2 (84.6)	28.2 (82.8)	29.5 (85.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	21.8 (71.2)	22.1 (71.8)	22.4 (72.3)	23.2 (73.8)	23.8 (74.8)	24.4 (75.9)	25.2 (77.4)	23.4 (74.1)	22.7 (72.9)	23.1 (73.6)	22.7 (72.9)	23.1 (73.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	89 (3.5)	81 (3.2)	55 (2.2)	74 (2.9)	178 (7.0)	151 (5.9)	86 (3.4)	125 (4.9)	188 (7.4)	266 (10.5)	205 (8.1)	136 (5.4)	1,634 (64.3)
Average relative humidity (%) (at 13:00)	79	77	76	75	79	80	83	80	79	75	81	78	79
Source: Meteorological Service (Jamaica)^[3]

^ Map of Jamaica Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Tomaso Porcacchi Castilione, 1572.
^ Map of Jamaica Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, John Ogilby, 1671.
^ "Mean Climatological Data" (PDF). Meteorological Service (Jamaica). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2016.