Investigator Strait

Investigator Strait is a body of water lying between the Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his ship, HMS Investigator, on his voyage of 1801–1802.

References

H. M. Cooper, 'Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 389-391

List of Australian seas

Ocean	Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean

Sea	Arafura Sea Coral Sea Tasman Sea Timor Sea

Strait	Bass Strait Clarence Strait Dundas Strait Endeavour Strait Investigator Strait Torres Strait

Gulf	Beagle Gulf Cambridge Gulf Gulf of Carpentaria Exmouth Gulf Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Gulf St Vincent Spencer Gulf Van Diemen Gulf