Cape Naturaliste
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| Cape Naturaliste | |
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 Cape Naturaliste's lighthouse and cottages |
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| Location: | Western Australia |
| Year first lit: | 1904 |
| Height: | 23 meters |
| Elevation: | 123 metres |
| Intensity: | 930,000 cd |
| Range: | 25 nautical miles (46 km) |
Cape Naturaliste Is a headland, and lighthouse location in the south west region of Western Australia
The source of the name (and northern most point of) of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, and the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and also the Cape to Cape walk track.
It is at the western point of the Geographe Bay, Western Australia.
The nearest settlement is Bunker Bay - a community that evolved from holiday shacks to very expensive housing for very wealthy residents. Further east across the Bay is Dunsborough- a much older community, then further east Busselton
[edit] References
- Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, Kent Town, South Australia,Wakefield Press,2004. ISBN 1-86254-625-8
- Marchant, Leslie R. French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast, Greenwood, WA. R.I.C. Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-74126-094-9
[edit] External links
- http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/WA/Index%20WA.htm#SouthWest
- http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/lights/walightsframe.htm
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