Cape Catastrophe is a headland in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
located at the southeast tip of
Jussieu Peninsula on
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north.
Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...
. It is one of the natural features named by the British navigator
Matthew Flinders
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first littoral zone, inshore circumnavigate, circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then ...
in memory of the eight crew who were lost from a
cutter that capsized sometime after being launched from
HM Sloop ''Investigator'' to search for water on 21 February 1802.
Flinders also nominated the headland as being the western point of the mouth of
Spencer Gulf.
It is currently located within the gazetted locality of
Lincoln National Park and the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
known as the
Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area.
References
External links
Shipwrecks - Cape Catastrophe
Headlands of South Australia
Eyre Peninsula
Spencer Gulf
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