Cape Pillar is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 27 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of the town of Nubeena. The 2016 census recorded a population of four for the state suburb of Cape Pillar.[1]
It is on the Tasman Peninsula in the Tasman National Park, adjacent to Tasman Island.
It is notable as a coastal feature of the Dolerite landscape of the area.
It has been captured in illustrations as early as 1824[2] and later.[3][4]
It is the location of a rare casuarina, Allocasuarina crassa.
Whales have been sighted in the area.[5]
It is a reference point on the coast for mapping by Australian navy hydrographic service.[6]
^ ab"2016 Census Quick Stats Cape Pillar (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^LYCETT, Joseph (1824), Cape Pillar, near the entrance of the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land, retrieved 1 June 2015
^Fergusson & Mitchell (Firm) (1851), Off Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, retrieved 1 June 2015
^Cape Pillar, LINC Tasmania, 1851, retrieved 1 June 2015
^"WHALES OFF CAPE PILLAR". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 18 November 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Hydrographic Service; Army Topographic Support Establishment (Australia) (1998), Australia – Tasmania, South East Cape to Cape Pillar, Hydrographic Service, R.A.N, retrieved 1 June 2015
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