Cape Leeuwin
Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape at south west corner of Western Australia
- Also known as: “Cape Leeuwin, Australia”, “Cape Leeuwin, W.A.”, and “Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Cape Leeuwin water wheel.
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the headland of Cape Leeuwin, the most south-westerly point on the mainland of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia.
Cape Leeuwin water wheel
Photo: Willzc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cape Leeuwin water wheel, sometimes called the petrified water wheel, is a non-operating water wheel, near Cape Leeuwin, in the south-west of Western Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Augusta.
Augusta
Town
Photo: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Augusta is a town on the south-west coast of Western Australia, where the Blackwood River flows into Flinders Bay. It is the nearest town to Cape Leeuwin, on the furthest southwest corner of the Australian continent.
Cape Leeuwin
- Category: landform
- Location: Shire of Augusta Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.37676° or 34° 22′ 36″ southLongitude
115.13608° or 115° 8′ 10″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Named after
LeeuwinUnited Nations Location Code
AU CLNOpen location code
4PQQJ4FP+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 5982232829OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Leeuwin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cape Leeuwin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيب ليوين”
- Basque: “Leeuwin lurmuturra”
- Breton: “Kab Leeuwin”
- Cebuano: “Cape Leeuwin”
- Chinese: “李文海角”
- Chinese: “露紋角”
- Chinese: “露纹角”
- Danish: “Kap Leeuwin”
- Dutch: “Kaap Leeuwin”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Leeuwin”
- Estonian: “Leeuwini neem”
- French: “cap Leeuwin”
- French: “Cap Leeuwin”
- German: “Cape Leeuwin”
- German: “Kap Leeuwin”
- Hebrew: “כף לווין”
- Italian: “Capo Leeuwin”
- Japanese: “ルーイン岬”
- Japanese: “ルーウィン岬”
- Japanese: “ルウィン岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Leeuwin”
- Persian: “دماغه لیووین”
- Polish: “Cape Leeuwin”
- Polish: “Przylądek Leeuwin”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Leeuwin”
- Russian: “Луин (мыс)”
- Russian: “Луин”
- Slovenian: “Cape Leeuwin”
- Slovenian: “rt Leeuwin”
- Spanish: “Cabo Leeuwin”
- Spanish: “Cape Leeuwin”
- Swedish: “Cape Leeuwin”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Левін”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leeuwin and East Augusta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Visitor Centre and Sand Dune.
Western Australia: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Cape Leeuwin”. Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.