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Vanhoffen Bluff

You can see 18 km from here, looking north-east.

44Viewyas Score

CliffSea view

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 18 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

44out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 18 kmFarthest ridgelooking north-east
  • 85%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 32%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
  • 5Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 0 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 5 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Little Matterhorn1,480 m · 13 km · south-eastFremantle Peak2,375 m · 14 km · south-eastDome2,410 m · 14 km · south-eastMawson Peak2,745 m · 16 km · south-east

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from March to May.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Janwest98 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  2. Febwest112 min before the sea-level sunset11%
  3. Marwest106 min before the sea-level sunset13%
  4. Aprnorth-west100 min before the sea-level sunset12%
  5. Maynorth-west76 min before the sea-level sunset12%
  6. Junnorth-west64 min before the sea-level sunset11%
  7. Julnorth-west68 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  8. Augnorth-west98 min before the sea-level sunset9%
  9. Sepnorth-west98 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  10. Octwest114 min before the sea-level sunset8%
  11. Novwest86 min before the sea-level sunset9%
  12. Decwest108 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Vanhoffen Bluff.

Cliff in Australia

Vanhoffen Bluff is a cliff in Australia.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 18 km away, looking north-east.

The sea fills 32% of the horizon.

5 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mawson Peak (2,745 m), 16 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 85% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from March to May.

Vanhoffen Bluff seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Vanhoffen BluffGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Vanhoffen BluffBooking.comSee prices Car hire in BusseltonDiscover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Vanhoffen Bluff seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 8named peaks within 5 kmMount Olsen, Anzac Peak, Gilchrist Aiguilles and 5 more
  • other viewpoints within 5 km
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • shelters and huts within 5 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • places to stay within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Vanhoffen Bluff, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas23 mountains within 25 km
Quilty Cone · 6.3 kmLittle Matterhorn1,480 m · volcano · 13 kmDome2,410 m · 14 kmFremantle Peak2,375 m · 14 kmMawson Peak2,745 m · volcano · 16 kmBig Ben2,745 m · volcano · 16 kmCampbell Peak2,415 m · 16 kmBudd Peak2,315 m · 19 km
Islandyasthe island
Heard Island368 km²
Coastya3 beaches within 10 km
Atlas Cove · 2.2 kmCave Bay · 3.9 kmSydney Cove · 5.0 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Mawson PeakBortle 1 · 16 kmGilchrist BeachBortle 1 · 17 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Other viewpoints nearby.

Vanhoffen Bluff

Australia

  • 44Viewyas Score
  • 18 kmFarthest ridge
  • 5Peaks in view
  • 0 mAltitude

Mawson Peak

Australia · 16 km

  • 72Viewyas Score
  • 200 kmFarthest ridge
  • —Peaks in view
  • 2,738 mAltitude

See the guide

Walsh Bluff

Australia · 11 km

  • 58Viewyas Score
  • 54 kmFarthest ridge
  • 8Peaks in view
  • 194 mAltitude

See the guide

Melbourne Bluff

Australia · 13 km

  • 51Viewyas Score
  • 55 kmFarthest ridge
  • 3Peaks in view
  • 203 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7914876) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit