13°44′59″S126°55′02″E / 13.749666°S 126.917096°E /-13.749666; 126.917096
Cape Londonderry is the northernmost point of mainlandWestern Australia, as well as the southwestern corner of theTimor Sea.[1] It lies east ofCape Talbot and northeast ofKalumburu (the nearest settlement), in Western Australia'sKimberley region.
The cape was surveyed byPhilip Parker King in 1818 and named after theMarquess of Londonderry, Britain's then Foreign Secretary.[2] Plans to build an airstrip and fishing base there were approved by Western Australia'sEnvironmental Protection Authority in 1992, but are yet to go ahead.[3]
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