Cape Pillar is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

. The locality is about south-east of the town of Nubeena. The 2016 census recorded a population of four for the state suburb of Cape Pillar. It is on the Tasman Peninsula in the Tasman National Park, adjacent to Tasman Island. It is notable as a coastal feature of the

Dolerite Diabase (), also called dolerite () or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase dikes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine-grain ...

landscape of the area. It has been captured in illustrations as early as 1824 and later. It is the location of a rare casuarina, '' Allocasuarina crassa''. Whales have been sighted in the area. It is a reference point on the coast for mapping by Australian navy hydrographic service.

History

Cape Pillar is a confirmed locality.

Geography

The waters of the

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 wa ...

form the western, southern and eastern boundaries.

Road infrastructure

Route C344 (Fortescue Bay Road) passes to the north of the locality. From there, Three Capes Track provides access to the locality.

Notes

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