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South East Cape

Southernmost point of Australia when including Tasmania

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Southern Coast of Tasmania . From the map "Commonwealth of Australia", published with the Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne: McCarron, Bird and Co., 1916. (with the additi
map of Tasmania's coast: for original author see source; uploader of original map (see "other versions") was Astrokey44 ; inserted locator map of Tasmania: auth · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Location and features

South East Cape is the southernmost point of the mainland of Tasmania but not of the state of Tasmania. The Maatsuyker Islands and the Pedra Branca island group, just offshore, are also part of the state of Tasmania and lie further south than South East Cape. The state of Tasmania also includes Macquarie Island, which is about 1,600 km SE of South East Cape.

South East Cape is one of the five southernmost capes that can be rounded by sailors in the earth's southern regions.

The cape is also a reference point for sectors of the southern coastline of Tasmania. Much sea traffic passes near it, and many ships and boats have been wrecked or grounded there.

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