Torbay Head is a headland on

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, in West Cape Howe National Park, Albany,

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. It is the southernmost point in Western Australia. It was named by

George Vancouver Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Uni ...

in 1792. Torbay Head is on the traditional land of the

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people of the

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nation.

References

{{Reflist Headlands of Western Australia City of Albany, Western Australia Extreme points of Western Australia South coast of Western Australia