Cape Naturaliste

Picture of Cape Naturaliste, WA

Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape. Also the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse and the Cape to Cape hiking track were named after this location.

Settlements

The nearest settlement is Bunker Bay—a community that evolved from holiday shacks to very expensive housing for wealthy residents as well as featuring a popular beach resort. Further east, across the Bay, is Dunsborough—a much older settlement. Busselton is located still further east from there.

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
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Western Australia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Notes

External links

• Lighthouse visiting information

Coordinates: 33°32′25″S 115°1′8″E / 33.54028°S 115.01889°E / -33.54028; 115.01889

Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries South Australia Cape Bedout Cape Borda Cape Bouguer Cape Carnot Cape du Couedic Cape Forbin Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fleurieu Peninsula Lacepede Bay Maupertuis Bay Fenelon Island Masillon Island Ravine des Casoars Rivoli Bay (Baie de Rivoli) Cape Thevenard Vivonne Bay Western Australia Cape Clairault Cape Freycinet Cape Mentelle Cape Naturaliste Faure Island Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Peron Peninsula Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets.