Australia
Western Australia
Shire of Exmouth

North West Cape

North West Cape is a peninsula in the north-west of . runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge. It is in the region and includes the town of .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: peninsula in Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Ningola Curinana”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Exmouth.

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is a town in , midway between and , with a resident population of 2,806 in 2021. The main reasons to visit are to dive Ningaloo Reef, and to see .

North West Cape

Latitude
-21.90765° or 21° 54′ 28″ south
Longitude
114.06092° or 114° 3′ 39″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
5PCP33R6+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3161532420
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2064449
Wiki­data ID
Q2000895
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“North West Cape” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նորթ Ուեստ Քեյփ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nort Vest Keyp”
  • Cebuano: “North West Cape”
  • Chinese: “西北岬”
  • Chinese: “西北角 (澳洲)”
  • Chinese: “西北角 (西澳)”
  • Chinese: “西北開普半島”
  • Dutch: “Noordwestkaap (West-Australie)”
  • Dutch: “Noordwestkaap”
  • Dutch: “North West Cape”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo Nordokcidento”
  • Estonian: “North West Cape”
  • French: “North West Cape”
  • German: “Nordwestkap”
  • German: “North West Cape”
  • Italian: “Capo Nord-Ovest (Australia)”
  • Italian: “Capo Nord-Ovest”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Noroeste”
  • Russian: “Норт-Уэст-Кейп”
  • Slovak: “Severozápadný mys”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Noroeste”
  • Swedish: “North West Cape”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North West Cape”. Photo: Summi, CC BY 2.5.