What is North West Cape?
'''North West Cape''' is a large piece of land on the north west coast of [[Western Australia]]. There are mountains called the [[Cape Range National Park|Cape Range]] through the middle of the [[peninsula]] and [[Ningaloo Reef]] is on the western edge. The town of [[Exmouth, Western Australia|Exmouth]] is also on the North West Cape. In [[1618]], [[Dutch East India Company]] captain [[Lenaert Jacobszoon]] and [[Willem Janszoon]] from the boat ''Mauritius'' landed in the area. [[Phillip Parker King]] visited in 1818 and named it ''North West Cape''. He also named [[Exmouth Gulf]] after a [[Royal Navy]] officer, Edward Pellew, First Viscount Exmouth (1758 -1833). Later, [[pearl]] boats visited the area from [[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]]. == Other websites == * http://www.exmouthwa.com.au/pages.asp?code=22 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819144222/http://exmouthwa.com.au/pages.asp?code=22 |date=2006-08-19 }} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Western Australia]] [[Category:Capes]]