Cape Pillar
Cape Pillar is a location in southern Tasmania, on the Tasman Peninsula in the Tasman National Park, adjacent to Tasman Island.
It is notable as a coastal feature of the Dolerite landscape of the area.
It has been captured in illustrations as early as 1824 [1] and later [2][3]
It is the location of a rare casuarina Allocasuarina crassa.
It has been an area where whales have been sighted [4]
It is a reference point on the coast for mapping by Australian navy hydrographic service [5]
Notes
- ^ LYCETT, Joseph (1824), Cape Pillar, near the entrance of the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land, retrieved 1 June 2015
- ^ Fergusson & Mitchell (Firm) (1851), Off Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, retrieved 1 June 2015
- ^ Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, 1851, retrieved 1 June 2015
- ^ "WHALES OFF CAPE PILLAR". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 18 November 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Hydrographic Service; Army Topographic Support Establishment (Australia) (1998), Australia - Tasmania, South East Cape to Cape Pillar, Hydrographic Service, R.A.N, retrieved 1 June 2015
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