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So named from D'Entrecasteaux's pilot. Flinders called it
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324:. There is a 300-metre-high (980 ft) cliff with scenic views of the coastline. A 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) walking track there then descends steadily onto the Cape Raoul plateau, with the spectacular cape of dolerite columns at the end of the plateau.
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is the locality's western, southern, and eastern boundaries. The cape is contained within the locality, which is contained within the western section of
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Spry, A. (1962). The origin of columnar jointing, particularly in basalt flows. Journal of the
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