Cape Willoughby 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 on the east end of the
Dudley Peninsula
Dudley Peninsula (known as Presquila Gallissoniere and as the MacDonnell Peninsula from 1857 to 1986) is the peninsula forming the eastern end of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia. It was occupied by Aboriginal Austra ...
on
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island (, ) is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island, Northern Territory, Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. Its closest point to the mainland is Snapper Poi ...
in the gazetted locality of
Willoughby about south east of the town of
Penneshaw.
The cape is described as being ‘the Eastern extremity of Kangaroo Island, is a bold, rocky headland, high.’
It was named after a village in
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...
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 ...
, 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
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
which was first illuminated on 16 January 1852.
Climate
See also
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Willoughby, Lincolnshire
Willoughby is a village in the district of East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from the market town of Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
His ...
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