Cape Carnot (french: Cap Carnot) is a headland in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
located on the west side of the southern tip of
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north.
Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...
about south west of the city of
Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located a ...
.
The Eyre Peninsula has a double tip; the other tip, to the east, is
Cape Wiles. Cape Carnot is one of a number of coastal features first discovered but not subsequently named by
Matthew Flinders in February 1802 and which remained unnamed. In 1913, the
Government of South Australia gave the unnamed feature the name proposed by the Baudin expedition when it visited in April 1802. The name Cape Carnot honours
Lazare Carnot who is notable as a "French mathematician, general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era".
The cape is considered by the
Australian Hydrographic Service to be the eastern end of the
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
Extent
Two definitions of the extent are in use – one used by the International Hydrog ...
. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in the
Thorny Passage Marine Park.
References
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Headlands of South Australia
Eyre Peninsula
Great Australian Bight