The Hampton Tableland is east of the Baxter Cliffs and west of the Bunda Cliffs. It is the third section of the Great Southern Scarp.
Between Twilight Cove and Wilson Bluff, immediately south of Border Village, the cliffs are again located away from the coast and are known as the Hampton Scarp – about 300 kilometres in length.
At this point the Eyre Highway descends through the Madura Pass to the Roe Plains and 180 kilometres further on it rises again back onto the Hampton Tablelands at the Eucla Pass.
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- EXTENT OF THE HAMPTON TABLELAND/SCARP.
The Hampton Tableland/Scarp was probably first named by Lt William Bloomfield Douglas in 1867 during his survey of the west coast of South Australia after the then Governor of Western Australia Dr John Steven Hampton. Surveyor G.R. Turner recorded the aboriginal name for the cliffs as Naraka.
The reports of the various trips, tours and travels on the Adventures website have a lot of information about place names – their naming and features – toponymy. More information.
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