Point Culver
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Point Culver is a headland on the south coast of Western Australia. It is located at 32º 54' S 124º 41' E, near the western end of the Great Australian Bight.
It was discovered on 18 January 1801 by Matthew Flinders:
- The shore curved round here, and took a more eastern direction; and the bank of level land, which continued to run along behind it, approached very near to the water side. Three leagues further on it formed cliffs upon the coast; and a projecting part of them, which I called Point Culver, bore N. 77° E. four leagues: this was the furthest land in sight.
The white cliffs reminded Flinders of the ciffs of Culver Down on the Isle of Wight]; hence the name.
[edit] References
- Point Culver in the Gazetteer of Australia online
- Flinders, Matthew (1814). A Voyage to Terra Australis. London: G. and W. Nicol. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
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