Table Cape

Table Cape Tasmania
Overlooking Freestone Cove from Fossil Bluff with Table Cape in the background
Table Cape Location of Table Cape
Coordinates	40°57′02″S 145°43′31″E / 40.95056°S 145.72528°E / -40.95056; 145.72528Coordinates: 40°57′02″S 145°43′31″E / 40.95056°S 145.72528°E / -40.95056; 145.72528
Population	324 (2011)
Postcode(s)	7325
Elevation	180 m (591 ft)
Location	4 km (2 mi) N of Wynyard, Tasmania
LGA(s)	Waratah-Wynyard
Region	North West Tasmania
State electorate(s)	Braddon
Federal Division(s)	Braddon
Localities around Table Cape: Boat Harbour Table Cape Flowerdale Wynyard Wynyard

Table Cape is a volcanic plug located near Wynyard on the North West of Tasmania, Australia, it is also the name of the locality which encompasses the geological feature. Table Cape is a more or less circular volcanic plug with a flat top, its northern and eastern faces rise steeply from Bass Strait to a height of approximately 170 metres (560 ft) above sea level. It was named by British navigator, Matthew Flinders, as he and George Bass circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1798 upon the Norfolk. Flinders also progressively named the nearby Circular Head, Three Hummock and Hunter Islands.

Table Cape's top and surrounding areas are composed of fertile basalt soils and are heavily cultivated, the area is renowned for the annual flowering of tulips during spring and accompanying tulip festival. The 2011 census determined a population of 324 for the state suburb of Flowerdale, which the locality of Table Cape forms part of.

Whilst the top of Table Cape and surrounding district is heavily utilised for agriculture, the steep and rocky ocean-facing embankments remain largely undisturbed from human activity and are covered in dense scrubland. The 1.26 km²Table Cape Conservation Area (IUCN IV) extends along the shoreline from Boat Harbour Beach to the Table Cape State Reserve (IUCN III) before continuing along to Freestone Cove near Fossil Bluff.