{{Short description|Promontory in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = Gantheaume Point | state = wa | image = Broome - Gantheaume Point 03.jpg | caption = The [[Indian Ocean]] at Gantheaume Point | est = | coordinates = {{coord|17.9733|S|122.1780|E|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = | utc = | dist1 = 6 | dir1 = SW | location1 = Broome, Western Australia | dist2 = 1680 | dir2 = NE | location2 = Perth | lga = | region = [[Kimberley, Western Australia|Kimberley]] | county = | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = }} '''Gantheaume Point''' is a [[promontory]] about {{convert|6|km|mi}} from [[Broome, Western Australia]].
It was named on 24 July 1801 for [[Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume]], by [[Nicolas Baudin]] during the [[Baudin expedition to Australia]]: this was a French expedition to map the coast of Australia, then known as New Holland.<ref>[http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/discovery/names9.htm The Discovery of Australia: Naming Australia's coastline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903011843/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/discovery/names9.htm |date=3 September 2012 }} Australia for Everyone, accessed 4 April 2016.</ref>
There are outcrops of [[Broome Sandstone]], deposited in shallow water in this area in the [[Early Cretaceous]] period, about 130 million years ago. Footprints from dinosaurs of that time, and plant fossils, are preserved in the sandstone. At very low tide, dinosaur footprints can be seen about {{convert|30|m|ft}} out to sea.<ref>[http://www.roebuckbay.org.au/our-bay/ Our bay] Roebuck Bay Working Group, accessed 4 April 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.kimberleywa.com/broome/dinosaur_footprints Dinosaur footprints Gantheaume Point, Broome] Kimberley – Western Australia, accessed 4 April 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.visitbroome.com.au/component/content/article/17-imported-left-menu-pages/50-natural-attractions Natural attractions]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} visitbroome.com, accessed 4 April 2016.</ref>
The mountain top was the finish line on the [[The Amazing Race Australia 6|sixth season]] of ''[[The Amazing Race Australia]]''.
==See also== * [[Anastasia's Pool]], a sea bath at the promontory which was destroyed by a storm in 2014
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==External links== [http://www.visitbroome.com.au/ Broome Visitor Centre]
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