The cape was named on 4 February 1803 by French navigator Nicolas Baudin, on his expedition to Australia, after Edme Mentelle (1730-1815), a French geographer, historian and cartographer.
Edme Mariotte | Edme-Jean Leclaire | Cape Mentelle | '' French carpenter and poet Adam Billaut'' by Edme Bovinet | Edme Mentelle | Edme-Louis Daubenton |