Steep Point
Steep Point is the westernmost point of the Australian mainland, located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It is located within the Shark Bay World Heritage site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Dirk Hartog Island is immediately north of Steep Point across the South Passage, the closest named point being Surf Point (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).
The nearest town is Denham in the area of Shark Bay, with the point some 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the North West Coastal Highway.
It is often cited as a reference point for other places and issues - for example, the location of the wreck of HMAS Sydney or other locations on the coast.[1][2]
Also the cliff-lined coast that runs south is often referred to in terms of wrecks and survivors of wrecks, being called in one book the Castaway Coast.[3]
Access to Steep Point is by four-wheel drive vehicle only, with a permit required to travel through Carrarang Station.[4]
On 17 July 2006, the largest recorded tsunami to strike Australia was measured at 7.9 m at Steep Point after being triggered by an earthquake off Java in Indonesia.[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Western Australia. Transport. Coastal Management Branch (2000). In Australia - west coast, Western Australia, Shark Bay. Transport, [Fremantle, W.A.] Scale 1:30 000 and 1:50 000 transverse Mercator proj. (E 113°08'36"--E 113°37'48"/S 25°53'00"--S 26°11'30") (1) Steep Point to Bellefin Flats. Scale 1:30 000 (2) Bellefin Flats to Denham. Scale 1:50 000. Insets: Denham. Scale 1:15 000 (30) Monkey Mia. Scale 1:50 000
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Western Australia. Main Roads Western Australia & Halpern Glick Maunsell (2001). In Steep Point road planning study : final report. Main Roads Western Australia, Perth
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