Cape Catastrophe
Cape Catastrophe is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located at the southeast tip of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula. It is one of the natural features named by the British navigator Matthew Flinders in memory of the eight crew who were lost from a cutter that capsized sometime after being launched from HM Sloop Investigator to search for water on 21 February 1802.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Smith Island.
Smith Island
Islet
Smith Island is an island located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia approximately 32 km south-east of Port Lincoln.
Cape Catastrophe
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in South Australia
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.98469° or 34° 59′ 5″ southLongitude
136.00209° or 136° 0′ 8″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
4QQR2282+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4259913625OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Catastrophe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Catastrophe”
- Italian: “capo Catastrophe”
- Russian: “Катастрофе”
- Russian: “Мыс Катастрофе”
- Swedish: “Cape Catastrophe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whalers Bay and MacLaren Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lewis Island and Little Island.
South Australia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Adelaide, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park, and Kangaroo Island.
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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 Catastrophe”. Photo: Roumpf, CC BY-SA 4.0.