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Cape Catastrophe
Cape Catastrophe
is a
headland
located at the south east tip of
Jussieu Peninsula
on
Eyre Peninsula
in
South Australia
. It is one of the natural features named by
Matthew Flinders
in memory of the eight crew who were lost from a
cutter
that capsized sometime after being launched from the
HM Sloop Investigator
to search for water on 21 February 1802. Flinders also nominated the headland as being the western point of the mouth of
Spencer Gulf
. It is currently located within the
protected area
known as the
Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area
.
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