# Cape Freycinet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cape_Freycinet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cape_Freycinet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Freycinet > Source revision: 1356396042 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Point in Western Australia Cape Freycinet and Contos Beach from the [Cape to Cape Track](/source/Cape_to_Cape_Track) **Cape Freycinet** is a point on the coast of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) between [Cape Leeuwin](/source/Cape_Leeuwin) and [Cape Naturaliste](/source/Cape_Naturaliste) in the southwest of the state. It is in the [Shire of Augusta-Margaret River](/source/Shire_of_Augusta-Margaret_River), part of [Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park](/source/Leeuwin-Naturaliste_National_Park). Not far from the Lake Cave it is approached from [Caves Road](/source/Caves_Road_(Western_Australia)) along Conto Road. ## History The cape was named in 1803 after the Freycinet family, which had two brothers – [Louis Claude](/source/Louis_de_Freycinet) and [Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Henri_de_Saulces_de_Freycinet&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Henri_de_Saulces_de_Freycinet)] – on the [Baudin expedition to Australia](/source/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia).[1] 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 – and names it *Point Freycinet* counter to the established name listed by Geoscience Australia database.[2] ## See also - [Cape Clairault](/source/Cape_Clairault) - [Cape Mentelle](/source/Cape_Mentelle) - [Hamelin Bay](/source/Hamelin_Bay%2C_Western_Australia) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Cape Freycinet"](https://www.margaretriver.com/things-to-do/attractions/scenic-spots/cape-freycinet/). *www.margaretriver.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarchant2004_2-0)** [Marchant (2004)](#CITEREFMarchant2004). ## Sources - [Edward Duyker](/source/Edward_Duyker) *François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager*, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-522-85260-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-86254-625-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86254-625-8) - Frank Horner, *The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801—1803*, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-522-84339-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-522-84339-5). - Marchant, Leslie R. (2004). *French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast*. Greenwood: R.I.C. Publications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-74126-094-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-74126-094-9). ## External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181322/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268692](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181322/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268692) - Geoscience reference to Cape [Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Western Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Western_Australia) **Cape Freycinet** at Wikipedia's [sister projects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects): - [**Media**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cape_Freycinet) from Commons v t e Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries South Australia Cape Bedout Cape Borda Cape Bouguer Cape Carnot Casuarina Islets (Îlots du Cassuarina) Cape du Couedic D'Estrees Bay (Baie d'Estrées) Dorothee Island (Île Dorothée) Fenelon Island Fleurieu Peninsula Cape Forbin Cape Gantheaume Guichen Bay (Baie de Guichen) Jussieu Peninsula Lacepede Bay Masillon Island Maupertuis Bay (Baie Maupertuis) Ravine des Casoars Rivoli Bay (Baie de Rivoli) Cape Thevenard Veteran Isles (Île du Vétéran) Vivonne Bay (Baie Vivonne) Western Australia Adele Island Bernier Island Bonaparte Archipelago Bonaparte Gulf Cape Bossut Cape Bouvard Cape Clairault Faure Island Cape Freycinet Freycinet Harbour Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Hamelin Pool Institut Islands Cape Keraudren Lagrange Bay Lancelin Island Cape Latouche Treville Legendre Island Cape Leveque L'Haridon Bight Cape Mentelle Middle Island (Îles du Milieu) Montalivet Islands Montebello Islands Cape Naturaliste Peron Peninsula Recherche Archipelago (Archipel de la Recherche) Taillefer Isthmus Thevenard Island Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets. [34°05′S 114°59′E / 34.083°S 114.983°E / -34.083; 114.983](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cape_Freycinet¶ms=34_05_S_114_59_E_source:enwiki-plaintext-parser) This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WesternAustralia-geo-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AWesternAustralia-geo-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WesternAustralia-geo-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cape Freycinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Freycinet) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Freycinet?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.