Cape Fourcroy is located at the western tip of Bathurst Island.

Cyclone Tracy Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 24 to 26 December 1974. The small, developing easterly storm had been observed passing clear of the city initially, but then turned t ...

passed through here in December 1974. It is the location of Cape Fourcroy Light, an active lighthouse. It is believed that the cape was named after Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, on 26 July 1803 by

Louis de Freycinet Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia. Biography He was born at ...

, on his journey on the '' Géographe'', in Baudin's expedition to Australia. On the 31 December 1942, a 31 Squadron

Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British Multirole combat aircraft, multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter varian ...

crashed near the Cape, but both crew members were able to bale out and were rescued.

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Landforms of the Northern Territory Headlands of Australia {{NorthernTerritory-geo-stub