{{Use Australian English|date= December 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = Cape St Albans | state = SA | city = [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] | image = Cape St Albans Lighthouse.jpg | caption = Cape St Albans Lighthouse | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | coordinates = {{coord|35.803734|S|138.123854|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name=LMV>{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| title = Search results for "Cape St Albans" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer' | work =Location SA Map Viewer| publisher =Government of South Australia | url =http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=topographic&x=138.11439&y=-35.80692&z=13&uids=19,105&pinx=138.125240&piny=-35.802290&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Cape+St+Albans,+Cape| accessdate =15 September 2019}}</ref> | dist1 = 18 | dir1 = south east | location1 = [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]]<ref name= Chart11/> }}
'''Cape St Albans''' (also called '''Cape St Alban''' in some sources) is a headland in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the north coast of the [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] in the gazetted locality of [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] about {{convert|18|km|abbr=off}} south-east of the town of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]].<ref name=LMV/><ref name=Chart11/>
The cape is described as lying "about {{convert|2.25|nmi|km}} N(orth) of [[Cape Willoughby]] and extends in a N[ortherly] direction as a narrow neck of land."<ref name=NGA>{{cite enroute|175|2017|215}}</ref> The cape serves both as the east headland of [[Antechamber Bay]] and as the west headland of [[Moncrieff Bay]]. It was named after the town of [[St Albans]] in [[Hertfordshire]] by [[Thomas Lipson]] on 21 March 1850. The cape is the site of a [[navigation aid]] which was initially a temporary fixed light installed during early 1908 and which was subsequently replaced by a lighthouse that was first lit in November 1908.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Cape St Alban's Lighthouse| work = | publisher = The Register | date = 20 November 1908| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57004927 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 19 December 2014 |page =4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Backstairs Passage Light| work = | publisher = The Register| date = 20 February 1908 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56976019| format = | doi = | accessdate = 19 December 2014 |page=4}}</ref><ref name=Chart11>{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors | title=The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia | pages= Chart 11|isbn=978-0-7243-7603-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = K.I. Names| work = | publisher = Chronicle| date = 4 January 1951| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93918450| format = | doi = | accessdate = 19 December 2014 | page=23}}</ref>
As of late 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within the protected area known as the [[Encounter Marine Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Encounter Marine Park Management plan summary|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b3e51be9-f461-47c9-b106-a11700a19006/mp-gen-15encounter-managementplan.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=17 June 2014|page=38 of 39}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Kangaroo Island|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape St Albans}} [[Category:Headlands of Kangaroo Island|s]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]] [[Category:Backstairs Passage|S]]