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.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 44 metres (144 feet)
- Description: headland in South Australia
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Latitude
-34.98469° or 34° 59′ 5″ south
Longitude
136.00209° or 136° 0′ 8″ east
Open location code
4QQR2282+4R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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.
Cape CatastropheCebuano
capo CatastropheItalian
КатастрофеRussian
Мыс КатастрофеRussian
Cape CatastropheSwedish
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