Immediately west of Port MacDonnell is the prominent 20 m high Cape Northumberland and lighthouse. The original lighthouse was constructed in 1859 and rebuilt in 1882. The cape is composed of lithified Pleistocene dunes, which has been cliffed by wave attack. Along the eastern base of the cliffs are three small pocket beaches, each lying below 10 to 20 m high craggy cliffs and bordered and in places fronted by bluffs, sea stacks and reefs. The three are all accessible off the Lighthouse Road, with car parking above each beach. The most popular and accessible is Frog Rock. Smiths Road beach (13) is 120 m long faces south and is fronted by 50 m wide rock flats which are exposed at low tide. Immediately to the west is Frog Rock a sea stack which lies just off a 220 m long beach (14), cutting it in two at low tide. The steep narrow sandy beach, has exposed rocks along its base and patchy rocks and reef offshore. Cape Northumberland beach (15) is a 90 m long east facing pocket of sand fronted by a mixture of rock flats and some sand patches. A small penguin colony is located on the eastern side of the cape. read more

Beach Length: 0.12km