NORTH WEST CAPE

'North West Cape' is a large peninsula of land in the north west coast of Western Australia. Cape Range runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge. It includes the town of Exmouth.
In 1618, Dutch East India Company captain Lenaert Jacobszoon and supercargo Willem Janszoon of the ''Mauritius'' landed in the area.
Phillip Parker King later visited in 1818 and named it ''North West Cape'' as well as naming Exmouth Gulf after a fellow Naval Officer.
Later, pearl luggers visited the area from Broome. During World War II a military operation codenamed ''Operation Potshot'' was done in the area.

External links

★ http://www.exmouthwa.com.au/pages.asp?code=22

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