The South West Cape Range[2] provides a buffer between the cape and the inland wilderness area to the east and north, and the next range to the east is the Melaleuca Range.
The high point of the southern end of the range, closest to the cape, is Mount Karamu at 439 metres (1,440 ft). The mount is named after the USS steam ship which foundered off the cape in 1925.[3][4][5][6]
Wrecks and foundering of boats up to 500 kilometres (270 nmi; 310 mi) away in distance, are usually referred to this cape as an identification point,[7][8] and mapping of the area usually uses the cape as a boundary between sections of the coast.[9][10]
^"South Coast Track". Parks & Wildlife Service. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^"S.S. Karamu Held Up". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XLV, no. 201. Tasmania, Australia. 24 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^"S.S. Karamu". The Advocate. Tasmania. 5 July 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 23 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Vessel's Plight". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XLV, no. 211. Tasmania. 4 September 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^Australian Government (1973). "Court of Marine Inquiry". Foundering of the Motor Vessel Blythe Star off the South West Cape, Tasmania on 13 October 1973 (Transcript of proceedings). Melbourne: Commonwealth Reporting Service.
^Australian Government; Royal Australian Navy (2008). "Hydrographic Service". South West Cape to South East Cape, Tasmania. Wollongong, NSW: Australian Hydrographic Service.
^Australian Government; Royal Australian Navy (2008). "Hydrographic Service". Low Rocky Point to South West Cape, Tasmania. Wollongong, NSW: Australian Hydrographic Service.
