[2] The shore of the Tasman Sea is the locality's western, southern, and eastern boundaries.

[3] Cape Raoul (the natural feature) is situated at the southernmost part of the Tasman Peninsula, in south eastern Tasmania.

[4] It forms the coastline of Raoul Bay, and is part of the dolerite landscape of the Tasman National Park.

This happens when a pool of magma cools at just the right rate so that as its surface contracts, it cracks into polygonal plates.

Flinders called it Basaltic Cape, but only prior to the publication of the maps of the French expedition.