South West Cape (Tasmania) Explained
| South West Cape |
| Type: | Cape |
| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | -43.57°N 146.03°W |
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| Embedded: | | Criteria: | iii, iv, vi, vii, viii, ix, x | | Id: | 181 | | Year: | 1982 | | Child: | yes |
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South West Cape is a cape located at the south-west corner of Tasmania, Australia. The cape is situated in the south-western corner of the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, approximately southwest of Hobart in Tasmania, and about west and slightly north of South East Cape.
The cape is bound to the southeast and southwest by the Indian Ocean and is located south of Low Rocky Point and Point Hibbs.[1]
The South West Cape Range[2] provides a buffer between the cape and the inland wilderness area to the east and north, and the next range to the east is the Melaleuca Range.The high point of the southern end of the range, closest to the cape, is Mount Karamu at 439m (1,440feet). The mount is named after the USS steam ship which foundered off the cape in 1925.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Wrecks and foundering of boats up to 500km (300miles) away in distance, are usually referred to this cape as an identification point,[7] [8] and mapping of the area usually uses the cape as a boundary between sections of the coast.[9] [10]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: South Coast Track . Parks & Wildlife Service . . 4 April 2012 . 14 July 2015 .
- Web site: South West Cape Range – Tasmania . Harry . Loots . anpsa.org.au . dead . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120716051451/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/127092/20120716-1147/anpsa.org.au/APOL23/sep01-5.html . 16 July 2012.
- News: LOSS OF S.S. KARAMU. . . XLV . 216 . Tasmania. 10 September 1925 . 23 November 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- News: S.S. Karamu Held Up . . XLV . 201 . Tasmania, Australia . 24 August 1925 . 23 November 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- News: S.S. Karamu . . Tasmania. 5 July 1924 . 23 November 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Vessel's Plight . . XLV . 211 . Tasmania. 4 September 1925 . 23 November 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- News: LOSS OF A FRENCH BARQUE. . . Adelaide . 22 July 1902 . 22 June 2011 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- Australian Government . Court of Marine Inquiry . 1973 . Foundering of the Motor Vessel Blythe Star off the South West Cape, Tasmania on 13 October 1973 . Transcript of proceedings . Commonwealth Reporting Service . Melbourne .
- Australian Government . Royal Australian Navy . Royal Australian Navy . Hydrographic Service . 2008 . South West Cape to South East Cape, Tasmania . Australian Hydrographic Service . Wollongong, NSW .
- Australian Government . Australian Government . Royal Australian Navy . Royal Australian Navy . Hydrographic Service . 2008 . Low Rocky Point to South West Cape, Tasmania . Australian Hydrographic Service . Wollongong, NSW .
