Point Weyland
| Point Weyland South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Point Weyland | |
| Coordinates | 33°14′42.1″S 134°37′50.4″E / 33.245028°S 134.630667°ECoordinates: 33°14′42.1″S 134°37′50.4″E / 33.245028°S 134.630667°E |
| Elevation | 89 m (292 ft)[1] |
| Location | 51 km (32 mi) north north-west of Elliston |
Point Weyland is a headland located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west south-west of the town of Venus Bay and about 51 kilometres (32 mi) north north-west of the town of Elliston. The point which is located within Anxious Bay is the southern extremity of the opening to Venus Bay. The point is described by one source as being “a conspicuous cliffy point, 89 m (292 ft) high, stands close S(outh) W(est) of the entrance of Venus Bay” and “rises to a height of 96 m (315 ft), close N(orth) and slopes inland toward Venus Bay”. It was named by Matthew Flinders on 10 February 1802. The point has been within the boundary of the Venus Bay Conservation Park since 1977 while the waters adjoining its shoreline have been within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park since 2012.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
- 1 2 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2010). Pub175, Sailing directions (enroute) north, west, and south coast of Australia (PDF) (10th ed.). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). p. 166. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ↑ "Search for feature SA0071395 (Point Weyland (SA))". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Venus Bay Conservation Park Management Plan," (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. charts 39 & 40, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
- ↑ Flinders, Matthew (1966) [1814]. A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner; with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island. (Facsimile ed.). Adelaide; Facsimile reprint of: London : G. and W. Nicol, 1814 ed. In two volumes, with an Atlas (3 volumes): Libraries Board of South Australia. p. 221. Retrieved 5 January 2014.