Cape Freycinet is a point on the coast between Cape Leeuwin

Cape Leeuwin

Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia.A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further to the south. The nearest settlement, north of the cape, is Augusta. South-east of Cape Leeuwin, the coast...

 and Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape...

 in the south west of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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It is within the Augusta-Margaret Local Government Area, and the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park

Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park

Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia , 267 km south of Perth.It is named after the two locations at either end of the park which have lighthouses, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste....

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It is not far from the Lake Cave and is approached from the Caves Road along Conto Road.

Named after the family of Freycinet, which had two brothers Henri Desaules and Louis de Freycinet

Louis de Freycinet

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet was a French navigator. He circumnavigated the earth, and was one of the first to produce a comprehensive map of the coastline of Australia.-Biography:...

 - who were on the Baudin

Baudin

-People:* Auguste Baudin, French admiral and colonial governor* Charles Baudin, French admiral* François-André Baudin, French admiral* Nicolas Baudin, French explorer* Robert Baudin, American counterfeiter...

 expedition.

The late Leslie Marchant in his posthumous publication on French names in Western Australia insists that it is not a cape, but a point - and names it Point Freycinet counter to the established name listed by Geoscience Australia database.

Further reading

• Edward Duyker
  Edward Duyker
  Edward Duyker is an Australian historian and author born in Melbourne, Victoria, to a father from the Netherlands and a mother from Mauritius...
  
  François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, ISBN 978-0522-85260-8
• Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. ISBN 1-86254-625-8
• Frank Horner, The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801—1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 ISBN 0522843395.
• Marchant, Leslie R. French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast, Greenwood, WA. R.I.C. Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-74126-094-9

External links

• http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268692 - Geoscience reference to Cape