The arch
Jagged formations.
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Admirals Arch is a natural sea arch at Cape du Couedic, at the southwestern tip of Kangaroo Island in South Australia, within Flinders Chase National Park, about 96 km southwest of Kingscote, the island's main town, in a straight line. Cape du Couedic lies at the island's far southwestern corner, a narrow promontory about a nautical mile long, named by the French Baudin expedition in 1803 after a French naval officer. It formed when the sea reached its present level about 7,500 years ago; its cliffs are of metamorphosed sandstone, and it is one of twenty geological features on the island listed by the Geological Society of Australia. The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse stands on it. A row of stalactite-like formations hangs like jagged teeth from the dark rock ceiling of the arch, framing the wild Southern Ocean and its white waves breaking on flat rocks, where fur seals lie below. Visitors walk a boardwalk down from the car park near the lighthouse to a viewing platform beneath the arch and watch the seals. The visit pairs well with the nearby Remarkable Rocks in the same park.
Jagged formations.
On the rocks.
Nearby.
Cape du Couedic, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
A boardwalk from the car park.
Remarkable Rocks.