Cape Hamelin

Cape Hamelin is a headland 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of Hamelin Bay in the Capes region of south-western Western Australia. Except for Cape Leeuwin, it is the southernmost of over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of features named by the French in their travels along the coast.^[1][2]

Wrecks of ships have occurred within the vicinity of the cape.^[3] The cape is in an area where crayfishing has been practised, and also where it has been restricted.^[4]

See also

• Cape Freycinet
• Cape Mentelle
• Cape Clairault

Notes

1. Marchant, Leslie R. (Leslie Ronald); Marchant, Francis C. R (2004), Heritage trail guide to French Napoleonic period names along the South West Coast of Australia from Point Peron to Cape Leeuwin, R.I.C. Publications, ISBN 978-1-74126-094-6
2. Fornasiero, F. J; Monteath, Peter; West-Sooby, John; ebrary, Inc; EBSCOhost (2011), Encountering Terra Australis the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders ([Revised ed.] ed.), Wakefield Press, retrieved 27 December 2013
3. "WESTERN AUSTRALIA". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1883. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
4. "Scientists Will Study Crayfish Migration". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 16 December 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

34.269°S 115.036°E / -34.269; 115.036