Cape Jervis (headland)
| Cape Jervis Cape Jervis[1], South Australia | |
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 Sealink Terminal, Cape Jervis | |
  Cape Jervis | |
| Coordinates | 35°36′17″S 138°05′34″E / 35.604805°S 138.092778°E[1] |
| Location | 0.7 km (0 mi) west of Cape Jervis |
Cape Jervis is a headland that sticks out into the sea. It is at the far west side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the east side of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia. It is about 0.7 km (0.43 mi) west of the town also called Cape Jervis.[1] It marks the east side of the entrance to Gulf St Vincent.[2]
The cape is a high, strong piece of land with few plants. It has small valleys and some cliffs. The biggest cliff, called The Cape, slopes down gently to the sea instead of being very steep. Nearby, there is a hill called Tree Hill that is 345 m (1,132 ft) tall and is 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres; 3.5 miles) east-southeast of Cape Jervis.[3]
The local Aboriginal people called it Parewarangk, a name from the Ngarrindjeri language based on the Kaurna name Pariwarangga.[4] When Nicholas Baudin's expedition came after Matthew Flinders, they gave it two names: "Cap D'Alembert" and "Cap De La Secheresse." The first name was used in their official records.[1] The British explorer Matthew Flinders named it Cape Jervis on March 23, 1802, after John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent.[5]
In 1842, there was a whaling station at Fishery Beach near Cape Jervis, run by John Haynes.[6] The station was sold in 1845 for £126. By 1850, a man named Barnett owned it, and a man named Clark worked there for him. In 1851, it was owned by Boord, Bennett, and Johnson. That was probably the last year it worked.
Since 1871, there has been a lighthouse at Cape Jervis to help ships navigate. Just south of the lighthouse, there is a boat harbor with a 120 m (390 ft) long jetty. This harbor is used by Kangaroo Island SeaLink, which runs the ferry to Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island. Since 2012, the waters near Cape Jervis have been part of the Encounter Marine Park.[7][8][9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Search results for 'Cape Jervis, Cape' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Bye, J.A.T. (1976). "Chapter 11:Physical oceanography of Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait". In Twidale, C.R.; Tyler, M.J; Webb, B.P (eds.). Natural history of the Adelaide Region. Royal Society of South Australia Inc. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-9596627-0-2.
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- ↑ Schulz, Chester (18 October 2017). The geography of language groups around Fleurieu Peninsula at first contact, from the evidence of the earliest place-names (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ↑ "Jervis, Cape (The Manning Index of South Australian History)". The State Library of South Australia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ Kostoglou, Parry; McCarthy, Justin (1991). Whaling and sealing sites in South Australia. Fremantle: Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. pp. 39–40.
- ↑ "Encounter Marine Park Management plan summary" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 38 of 39. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Getting You to iconic Kangaroo Island". Sealink Travel Group. Retrieved 27 November 2014.