Cape Pillar

Cape Pillar is a dramatic dolerite headland at the southeastern tip of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasman National Park, Tasmania. Renowned for its towering sea cliffs among the highest in the Southern Hemisphere, it forms the southernmost point of the Three Capes Track. Accessible only by multi-day hike or boat, the cape offers pristine wilderness, columnar cliffs, and views across to Tasman Island, representing one of Tasmania's most iconic coastal wilderness landmarks.

Visitors can expect a remote coastal wilderness reached via the Three Capes Track or extended bushwalk from Fortescue Bay. The cape features sheer dolerite sea cliffs with columnar formations, exposed headlands, and panoramic views over the Tasman Sea to Tasman Island and The Blade. There are no roads or shops at the cape itself; the experience is hiking-focused with marked tracks, cliff-top lookouts, wilderness huts and campsites, and largely undeveloped natural surroundings.

Cape Pillar was charted and named by early European navigators in the 19th century and later included in reserves that became Tasman National Park, proclaimed in 1999. The Tasman Peninsula has a long Aboriginal history as part of the cultural landscape of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people, and the cape is now central to the Three Capes Track developed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service.

The cape lies within the cultural landscape of the Tasman Peninsula, valued for its Aboriginal heritage and wilderness character. It is managed as part of Tasman National Park and is closely associated with Tasmania's coastal wilderness identity and nature-based tourism, particularly the Three Capes Track experience.