# Gantheaume Point

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Promontory in Western Australia

Place in Western Australia, Australia

Gantheaume Point The Indian Ocean at Gantheaume Point Gantheaume Point Coordinates: 17°58′24″S 122°10′41″E / 17.9733°S 122.1780°E / -17.9733; 122.1780 Country Australia State Western Australia Region Kimberley Location 6 km (3.7 mi) SW of Broome, Western Australia 1,680 km (1,040 mi) NE of Perth

**Gantheaume Point** is a [promontory](/source/Promontory) about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from [Broome, Western Australia](/source/Broome%2C_Western_Australia).

It was named on 24 July 1801 for [Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume](/source/Honor%C3%A9_Joseph_Antoine_Ganteaume), by [Nicolas Baudin](/source/Nicolas_Baudin) during the [Baudin expedition to Australia](/source/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia): this was a French expedition to map the coast of Australia, then known as New Holland.[1]

There are outcrops of [Broome Sandstone](/source/Broome_Sandstone), deposited in shallow water in this area in the [Early Cretaceous](/source/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 30 metres (98 ft) out to sea.[2][3][4]

The mountain top was the finish line on the [sixth season](/source/The_Amazing_Race_Australia_6) of *[The Amazing Race Australia](/source/The_Amazing_Race_Australia)*.

## See also

- [Anastasia's Pool](/source/Anastasia's_Pool), a sea bath at the promontory which was destroyed by a storm in 2014

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The Discovery of Australia: Naming Australia's coastline](http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/discovery/names9.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120903011843/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/discovery/names9.htm) 3 September 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Australia for Everyone, accessed 4 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Our bay](http://www.roebuckbay.org.au/our-bay/) Roebuck Bay Working Group, accessed 4 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Dinosaur footprints Gantheaume Point, Broome](http://www.kimberleywa.com/broome/dinosaur_footprints) Kimberley – Western Australia, accessed 4 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Natural attractions](http://www.visitbroome.com.au/component/content/article/17-imported-left-menu-pages/50-natural-attractions)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] visitbroome.com, accessed 4 April 2016.

## External links

[Broome Visitor Centre](http://www.visitbroome.com.au/)

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.

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