| Type: | other |
| Torndirrup | |
| State: | wa |
| Lga: | City of Albany |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 10 |
| Coordinates: | -35.1007°N 117.8808°W |
| Postcode: | 6330 |
| Dist1: | 397 |
| Dir1: | SE |
| Location1: | Perth |
| Dist2: | 51 |
| Dir2: | E |
| Location2: | Denmark |
| Dist3: | 8 |
| Dir3: | S |
| Location3: | Albany |
| Stategov: | Albany |
| Fedgov: | O'Connor |
| Near-Nw: | Robinson |
| Near-N: | Big Grove |
| Near-Ne: | Frenchman Bay |
| Near-W: | Sandpatch |
| Near-E: | Southern Ocean |
| Near-S: | Southern Ocean |
Torndirrup is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Torndirrup is on a peninsula of the same name and surrounded on three sides by water, with the Southern Ocean in the south and east and the King George Sound in the north-east. It also borders Princess Royal Harbour in the north-west. The entirety of Torndirrup National Park is located within Torndirrup and only small sections of the locality are not part of the national park.[1] [2]
Torndirrup and the City of Albany are located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The state registered Cheyne Beach Whaling Station is located on Frenchman Bay, King George Sound, in the locality of Torndirrup.[7]
During World War II, from 1943 to 1945, Stony Hill was the site of the RAAF Air Warning Radar Station Number 35.[8] [9]