Warburto Point

Warburto Point
South Australia
Warburto Point is located in South Australia
Warburto Point
Warburto Point
Coordinates34°0′33″S 137°30′29″E / 34.00917°S 137.50806°E / -34.00917; 137.50806
Elevation6.1 m (20 ft)[1]
Location12 km (7 mi) south west of Wallaroo
Localities around Warburto Point:
Spencer Gulf Spencer Gulf Yorke Peninsula
Spencer Gulf Warburto Point Yorke Peninsula
Spencer Gulf Spencer Gulf Yorke Peninsula

Warburto Point is a headland located on the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) south west of the town of Wallaroo. The point is described by one source as being ‘a rocky projection that extends about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 kilometres; 1.7 miles) W(est) from the mainland’ and that ‘it is 6.1 metres (20 feet) high and is fringed by mangroves along each of its sides.’[1] The land at the tip of the point has been part of the Bird Islands Conservation Park since 1972. Since 1995, it has been the site of a navigation aid in the form of a light tower which was commissioned to replace the lighthouse on Tiparra Reef. It is also the site of a coastal weather station operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 175: North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 200.
  2. ^ "Warburto Point". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. ^ "Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Environment & Heritage. 2009. pp. 1 & 8. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 204, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  5. ^ "Tippara Light". The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. ^ "South Australian Coastal Weather Station Details". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 November 2014.