Baxter Cliffs

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The Baxter Cliffs at Toolinna Cove

The Baxter Cliffs is a long stretch of coastal cliff on the south coast of Western Australia.

The Baxter Cliffs are up to 80 metres high and extend for almost 200 kilometres along the coast, from Point Culver in the west, which marks the northern end of the Israelite Plain, northeastwards to Twilight Cove in the east, which is the transition from the cliffs to the coastal Roe Plains. [1] Toolinna Cove is the only place along the Baxter Cliffs where a boat can be landed.

The Baxter Cliffs are part of a long erosional escarpment which extends east and west across the Eucla Basin sedimentary formation. Other portions of the escarpment include the Hampton Tableland north of the Roe Plains, and the Bunda Cliffs east of the Roe Plains in South Australia. [1]

The cliffs are named after John Baxter, a companion of the explorer Edward John Eyre, who was murdered there by two Aboriginals from Eyre's exploration party in April 1841. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 N. P. James, Y. Bone, R. M. Carter & C. V. Murray-Wallace (2006) Origin of the Late Neogene Roe Plains and their calcarenite veneer: implications for sedimentology and tectonics in the Great Australian Bight, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53:3, 407-419, DOI: 10.1080/08120090500499289
  2. page 16 of Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion; Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion (2008), Where on the coast is that?, Hesperian Press, ISBN   978-0-85905-452-2
  3. "Toolinna Cove, Baxter Cliffs, Western Australia.(COVER PHOTOGRAPH)(Brief article)", Journal of Coastal Research, Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc, 29 (6), 1 November 2013, ISSN   0749-0208
  4. "Place names search, Geoscience Australia". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-09. BAXTER CLIFFS -32 35 125 21

Coordinates: 32°50′51″S124°51′49″E / 32.84750°S 124.86361°E / -32.84750; 124.86361