{{Short description|Headland in Western Australia}} {{Coord|19|57|S|119|46|E|region:AU-WA_type:landmark|display=title}} [[File:Time-lapse of Sunset, Moonset and Sunrise at Cape Keraudren, Western Australia from September 2022.webm|thumb|Time-lapse of sunset, moonset and sunrise at Cape Keraudren, Western Australia, September 2022]] '''Cape Keraudren''' is a coastal [[headland]] on the northern coast of [[Western Australia]]. The rocky cape forms the western end of [[Eighty Mile Beach]], and the eastern end of the [[Pilbara Coast]].<ref name = thackway>Thackway R, Cresswell ID. 1998. Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia: An Ecosystem-based Classification for Marine and Coastal Environments. Version 3.3. Canberra (Australia): Environment Australia, Commonwealth Department of the Environment.</ref> The waters around the cape have coral reefs, sponge gardens, and seaweed and seagrass beds.<ref name = keraudren>"[https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/cape-keraudren Cape Keraudren]". ''Explore Parks WA'', Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Western Australia. Accessed 20 July 2021.</ref>
==Geography== The cape is at the southwestern end of Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park. Cape Keraudren Coastal Reserve, immediately south of the cape, is managed by the local shire, and has campsites, toilets, rubbish bins and an on-site ranger.<ref name = keraudren/>
==History== The cape is culturally significant to the local [[Ngarla]] people, the cape's [[traditional owners]].<ref name = keraudren/>
The cape is named for [[Pierre François Keraudren]] (1769{{endash}}1858), a scientist and physician in the [[French Navy]]. He was the official physician to the [[Baudin expedition to Australia]], which charted the cape in 1801.
The cape is the northern end of the [[rabbit-proof fence]], built between 1901 and 1907 across Western Australia.
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{{AusplacesnamedbyFrench}} [[Category:Pilbara Coast]] [[Category:Headlands of Western Australia|Keraudren]]