Point Marsden
Point Marsden is a headland located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It was named after William Marsden, Second Secretary to the Admiralty by Matthew Flinders in 1802.- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Australia
- Also known as: “Marsden Point”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cape and Bay of Shoals.
North Cape
Locality
North Cape is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 116 kilometres south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9 kilometres north of the municipal seat of Kingscote. North Cape is situated 2½ km southwest of Point Marsden.
Bay of Shoals
Locality
Bay of Shoals is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the Bay of Shoals about 121 kilometres south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 7 kilometres north of the municipal seat of Kingscote. Bay of Shoals is situated 8 km southwest of Point Marsden.
Kingscote
Town
Photo: Yeti Hunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingscote is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 119 kilometres south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. Kingscote is situated 10 km south of Point Marsden.
Point Marsden
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Point Marsden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Point Marsden”
- Swedish: “Point Marsden”
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