Torbay Head

{{Short description|Point in Western Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2024}}

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| water = Southern Ocean

| name = Torbay Head

| type = Cape

| photo = 2002 - View across Shelley Beach to West Cape Howe, WA - panoramio.jpg

| photo_caption = Looking across Shelley Beach to Torbay Head

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| map = Western Australia

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| map_caption = Location within Western Australia

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| location = West Cape Howe National Park, Albany, Western Australia

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Torbay Head is a headland on West Cape Howe, in West Cape Howe National Park, Albany, Western Australia. It is the southernmost point in Western Australia. It was named by George Vancouver in 1792.{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=21 October 2024 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/site/torbay-head |title=Torbay Head |author= |date= |website=exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=21 October 2024 |quote=}}

Torbay Head is on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.{{cite web |url=https://www.albany.wa.gov.au/ |title=City of Albany |quote=The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ... |author= |website=www.albany.wa.gov.au |publisher=City of Albany |access-date=18 January 2025}}

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