Exmouth, Western Australia
Exmouth ( EX-mowth, Dhalandji: Ningaloo) is a town on the tip of the North West Cape and on Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia, 1,124 kilometres (698 mi) north of the state capital Perth and 2,060 kilometres (1,280 mi) southwest of Darwin.
The town was established in 1964 to support the nearby United States Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, which was commissioned in 1967. It is named after Exmouth Gulf. Beginning in the late 1970s, the town began hosting United States Air Force personnel assigned to Learmonth Solar Observatory, a defence science facility jointly operated with Australia's Ionospheric Prediction Service. The town is served by Learmonth Airport.