Cape Willoughby

Cape Willoughby
South Australia

Cape Willoughby Lightstation. Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island
Cape Willoughby
Coordinates 35°50′29″S 138°8′5″E / 35.84139°S 138.13472°ECoordinates: 35°50′29″S 138°8′5″E / 35.84139°S 138.13472°E
Elevation 53 m (174 ft)[1]
Location 22 km (14 mi) south east of Penneshaw [2]

Cape Willoughby is a headland located on the east end of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island in South Australia about 22 kilometres (14 mi) south east of the town of Penneshaw. The point is described as being ‘the E(astern) extremity of Kangaroo Island, is a bold, rocky headland, 53 metres (174 ft) high.’ It was named after a village in Lincolnshire by Matthew Flinders on 7 April 1802. Part of the cape is within the Cape Willoughby Conservation Park while the waters adjoining its northern shoreline are within the Encounter Marine Park. The cape is the site of South Australia’s first lighthouse which was first illuminated on 16 January 1852.[2][3][4][5][1][6][7]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2010). Pub175, Sailing directions (enroute) north, west, and south coast of Australia (PDF) (10th ed.). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). p. 202. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 12, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
  3. ↑ "Encounter Marine Park Management plan summary" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 38 of 39. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cape Willoughby Conservation Park". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cape Willoughby". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  6. ↑ "Willoughby, Cape". The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Parsons, Ronald (1985), Lighthouses of South Australia, R. Parsons, p. 4, ISBN 978-0-909418-35-9