Point Weyland is a headland located on the west coast ofEyre Peninsula inSouth Australia about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) west south-west of the town ofVenus Bay and about 51 kilometres (32 miles) north north-west of the town ofElliston. The point which is located withinAnxious Bay is the southern extremity of the opening to Venus Bay. The point is described by one source as being "a conspicuous cliffy point, 89 m (292 ft) high, stands close S[outh] W[est] of the entrance of Venus Bay" and "rises to a height of 96 m (315 ft), close N[orth] and slopes inland toward Venus Bay". It was named byMatthew Flinders on 10 February 1802. The point has been within the boundary of theVenus Bay Conservation Park since 1977 while the waters adjoining its shoreline have been within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park since 2012.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
^South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985),The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. charts 39 & 40,ISBN978-0-7243-7603-2
