It appears that in January 1627 the vessel encountered the Southland in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin.
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Nuyts had also been on board the Leeuwin which sighted and named Cape Leeuwin in 1622.
In Australia, the Cape is considered the point where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean; however most other nations and bodies consider the Southern Ocean to only exist south of 60°S.
Paraserianthes lophantha, commonly called Albizia, Cape Leeuwin Wattle, Cape Wattle or Crested Wattle, is a fast-growing tree that occurs naturally along the southwest coast of Western Australia, from Fremantle to King George Sound.
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In the south west the range ecompasses an area between North West Cape, Cape Leeuwin and Eucla; while in the east it covers are large region bounded by the Atherton Tableland, the Eyre Peninsula and Tasmania, with the Murray Darling Basin supporting very large populations of Black Swans.