Point Avoid is a headland located at the south eastern extremity of both
Coffin Bay Peninsula
Coffin Bay Peninsula is a peninsula located at the south west end of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It extends in a north westerly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Coffin Bay, Port Douglas and Yangie Bay to ...
and Avoid Bay on the west coast of
Eyre Peninsula in
South Australia about south west of the town of
Coffin Bay
Coffin Bay, originally Coffin's Bay, is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, a wheat growing area of South Australia. At the 2016 census, Coffin Bay had a population of 611. Material was copied from this source, which is avai ...
. It was described in 2017 as being “fronted on all of its seaward sides by limestone cliffs, about high, which change abruptly to sand hills E of its extremity.”
It was named by
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...
on 17 February 1802 to acknowledge the navigational hazards present around its shores. The point is currently located within the boundaries of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
, the
Coffin Bay National Park.
References
External links
Point Avoid - BeachsafePoint Avoid - Surfing Atlas
Headlands of South Australia
Eyre Peninsula
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