- Point Culver
Point Culver is a headland on the south coast of
Western Australia . It is located at 32º 54' S 124º 41' E, near the western end of theGreat Australian Bight .It was discovered on
18 January 1801 byMatthew Flinders ::"The shore curved round here, and took a more eastern direction; and the bank of level land, which continued to run along behind it, approached very near to the water side. Three leagues further on it formed cliffs upon the coast; and a projecting part of them, which I called Point Culver, bore N. 77° E. four leagues: this was the furthest land in sight.The white cliffs reminded Flinders of the ciffs ofCulver Down on theIsle of Wight ] ; hence the name.References
* [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=266014 Point Culver] in the
Gazetteer of Australia [http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ online]
*cite book | author = Flinders, Matthew | year = 1814 | title = A Voyage to Terra Australis|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 on that Island. Volume 1 | location = London | publisher = G. and W. Nicol | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12929/12929-h/12929-h.htm | accessdate = 2006-11-22
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