{{Short description|Point in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} '''Cape Clairault''' is located south of [[Yallingup, Western Australia]] in the coastal region between [[Cape Naturaliste]] and [[Cape Leeuwin]].
It was in 1803 named after French mathematician [[Alexis Claude Clairault]] by the [[Baudin expedition to Australia]] along the western coast of Australia.<ref>{{cite book | author1=Marchant, Leslie Ronald | title=France Australe : the French search for the Southland and subsequent explorations and plans to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826 | year=1998 | publication-date=1998 | publisher=Scott Four Colour Print | isbn=978-0-9588487-1-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author1=Murray, Ian | author2=Hercock, Marion | author3=Murray, Ian | author4=Hercock, Marion | title=Where on the coast is that? | year=2008 | publication-date=2008 | publisher=Hesperian Press | isbn=978-0-85905-452-2 }}</ref> The cape name has been used in a range of local winery business names.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clairaultstreickerwines.com.au/ |title=Home |website=clairaultstreickerwines.com.au}}</ref>{{Full citation needed |date=October 2024}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Cape Clairault Wines | website=truelocal.com.au | url=https://www.truelocal.com.au/business/cape-clairault-wines/dunsborough | access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
The beach at the location is considered hazardous,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beachsafe.org.au/beach/wa0704 |title=SLSA Beachsafe |publisher=Beachsafe.org.au |date=2022-04-27 |accessdate=2022-05-03}}</ref> and there are [[surf break]]s nearby: ''Injidup Point'', ''Carparks'' and ''Pea Break'' to the north,<ref>''Margaret River Region Map & Guide'' version 2013-1, Margaret River.com</ref>{{Full citation needed |date=October 2024}} and ''Wildcat'' and ''Window'' to the south of the cape. Cape Clairault break lies to the south of the cape.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swell.willyweather.com.au/wa/south-west/cape-clairault.html |title=Cape Clairault Swell Forecast, WA - WillyWeather |publisher=Swell.willyweather.com.au |access-date=2022-05-03 }}</ref>
By line of sight, Cape Clairault extends out from the coast enough to be seen from Cape Naturaliste, and vice versa, and as a consequence is often cited as a landmark within the range of the [[Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse]] light.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38679646 |title=Description of the lighthouse|newspaper=[[Western Mail (Western Australia)|Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954)]] |location=Perth, WA |date=23 April 1904 |accessdate=27 December 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Cape Freycinet]] * [[Cape Mentelle]] * [[Cape Hamelin]]
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