Cape Leveque

Cape Leveque is at the northernmost tip of the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Cape Leveque is 240 km (via the Cape Leveque Road) north of Broome, and is remote with few facilities. Nevertheless, the Cape's sandy beaches are attracting an increasing number of visitors.

The 13.3 m lighthouse was commissioned at Cape Leveque on 9 August 1911.{{cite web |access-date=2019-05-19 |access-date=2019-05-20 |access-date=2019-05-20

Cape Leveque was a camping ground for ancient nomadic people of northern Australia and is probably still being used today. Their huge middens overshadow the small caravan park resting on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Wild turtles and a multitude of sea birds nest on the shores and collect seafood off the exposed rocks at low tide along the shore down the coast to Broome in the southern part of the peninsula. Humpback whales come to give birth in the area, and rest and play among the sheltered islands off the Dampier Peninsula.

The traditional owners of the area are the Bardi people.

William Dampier's description from off Cape Leveque on 5 January 1688 reads:

In January 2015, the locality recorded rainfall in excess of 400 mm.