Cape Pillar

Cape Pillar is a location in southern Tasmania, on the Tasman Peninsula in the Tasman National Park, adjacent to Tasman Island.

Cape Pillar seen from Cape Hauy track

It is notable as a coastal feature of the Dolerite landscape of the area.

It has been captured in illustrations as early as 1824 [1] and later [2][3]

It is the location of a rare casuarina Allocasuarina crassa.

It has been an area where whales have been sighted [4]

It is a reference point on the coast for mapping by Australian navy hydrographic service [5]

Notes

1. LYCETT, Joseph (1824), Cape Pillar, near the entrance of the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land, retrieved 1 June 2015
2. Fergusson & Mitchell (Firm) (1851), Off Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, retrieved 1 June 2015
3. Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, 1851, retrieved 1 June 2015
4. "WHALES OFF CAPE PILLAR". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 18 November 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Hydrographic Service; Army Topographic Support Establishment (Australia) (1998), Australia – Tasmania, South East Cape to Cape Pillar, Hydrographic Service, R.A.N, retrieved 1 June 2015