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Cape Hardy is a 20 m high dune capped granite headland on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula which protrudes westwards into Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is located between the towns of Port Neill and Tumby Bay, 10 km north-northeast of Lipson Cove. To the north and south of the cape are a series of low headland-bound white sandy beaches, backed by low dunes and farmland. Public access is limited to the Cape Hardy track and there are currently no facilities present. The surrounding beaches tend to face east to southeast and usually receive low swell and wind waves less than 1 m high.〔("Cape Hardy" ) ''BeachSafe.org.au'' Retrieved 2014-01-01.〕 == History == The cape was named by British navigator Matthew Flinders during his explorations in 1802. The cape also bears the alternative name of ''Cap Portalis'', so named by French explorer Nicolas Baudin in the same year.〔(Property Location Browser V2 ), ''Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure''. Retrieved 2014-01-01.〕 In 1898, A. Poynton and William Tennant Mortlock, the members for the South Australian electorate of Flinders presented a petition to the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. L. O'Loughlin) requesting the consideration of the establishment of a dog fence running west across Eyre Peninsula from Cape Hardy to Mount Misery. The petition was drafted in response to pastoralists' struggles to manage vermin in the Lower Eyre Peninsula region.〔("Advertising" ) ''Chronicle'' (1898-10-15). Retrieved 2014-01-10.〕 In April 1932, a piece of flotsam believed to be a hatch-cover from the missing ketch ''Vivid'' was found near Cape Hardy by Captain E. S. Hipkins of the ketch ''Nelcebee''.〔("WOULD JOIN SEARCH - Ordeal of Ketch Master's Wife - STILL HOPES" ) ''News'' (1932-04-16). Retrieved 2014-01-10.〕 The ''Vivid ''was last seen departing Tumby Bay on 9 April 1932.〔("Missing Ketch. Drifting Timber Found. Crew May Be Alive." ) ''The Argus'', Melbourne. (1932-04-18). Retrieved 2014-01-10.〕 As of 2014, the ship's fate and that of its crew remain a mystery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Hardy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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