Cape Pillar

Cape Pillar is a cape on the southern end of the in south eastern that overlooks . Its 300m high sea cliffs are the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: point in Australia
  • Also known as: “Cape Pillar, Tasmania” and “Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tasman Island and Tasman Light.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The , part of the Group, is an oval with an area of 1.2 square kilometres, lying close to the south-eastern coast of , .

Lighthouse
Photo: Peterdownunder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tasman Island Lighthouse is on off the coast of southeastern , . It was one of the most isolated lighthouses in Australia.

Cape Pillar

Latitude
-43.2215° or 43° 13′ 17″ south
Longitude
148.01072° or 148° 0′ 39″ east
Open location code
4R8CQ2H6+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 932819786
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2153182
Wiki­data ID
Q21904221
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Pillar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Pillar” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Cape Pillar”
  • French: “cap Pillar”
  • French: “Cap Pillar”
  • Italian: “capo Pillar”
  • Swedish: “Cape Pillar”
  • “Cape Pillar”

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