{{Short description|Point in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}} [[File:Capefreycinet.JPG|thumb|250px|Cape Freycinet and Contos Beach from the [[Cape to Cape Track]]]] '''Cape Freycinet''' is a point on the coast of [[Western Australia]] between [[Cape Leeuwin]] and [[Cape Naturaliste]] in the southwest of the state. It is in the [[Shire of Augusta-Margaret River]], part of [[Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park]]. Not far from the Lake Cave it is approached from [[Caves Road (Western Australia)|Caves Road]] along Conto Road.
==History== The cape was named in 1803 after the Freycinet family, which had two brothers {{endash}} [[Louis de Freycinet|Louis Claude]] and {{ill|Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet|fr}} {{endash}} on the [[Baudin expedition to Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.margaretriver.com/things-to-do/attractions/scenic-spots/cape-freycinet/|title=Cape Freycinet|website=www.margaretriver.com}}</ref> It is one of several French-named capes in Western Australia.
The late Leslie Marchant in his posthumous publication on French names in Western Australia insists that it is not a cape, but a point{{snd}}and names it ''Point Freycinet'' counter to the established name listed by Geoscience Australia database.{{sfnp |Marchant |2004 }}
==See also== * [[Cape Clairault]] * [[Cape Mentelle]] * [[Hamelin Bay, Western Australia|Hamelin Bay]]
==References== {{Reflist |20em}}
==Sources== {{Refbegin |30em |indent=yes}} * [[Edward Duyker]] ''François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager'', Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-522-85260-8}} * Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. ''Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders'', Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. {{ISBN|1-86254-625-8}} *Frank Horner, ''The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801—1803'', Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 {{ISBN|0-522-84339-5}}. *{{cite book |last=Marchant |first=Leslie R. |title=French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast |location=Greenwood |publisher=R.I.C. Publications |year=2004 |isbn=1-74126-094-9 }} {{Refend}}
==External links== * https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181322/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268692 - Geoscience reference to Cape
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