D'Estrees Bay

D'Estrees Bay is located on the southern coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and is situated 39km south of Kingscote, the Island's main town.

D'Estrees Bay is one of many places on Kangaroo Island named by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.

The bay extends from Point Tinline in the south to Flour Cask Bay to the north, with the beach being sandy and accessible for most of the bay's length.

The northern area of the bay has been subdivided into several allotments of 8 hectares each, many with a frontage to the bay, and accessed by a private road (available for public use). There is a small number of permanent and holiday homes in the area, which has no shopping facilities. There is no mains water, and limited mains electricity availability has led to some dwellings being erected with solar generated electricity.

The southern portion of the bay adjoins Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park.

Coordinates: 35°55′S 137°46′E / 35.91°S 137.77°E / -35.91; 137.77

v t e Kangaroo Island Major townships American River Kingscote Parndana Penneshaw Parks and wilderness Beatrice Islet Conservation Park Beyeria Conservation Park Busby Islet Conservation Park Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area Cape Hart Conservation Park Cape Torrens Conservation Park Dudley Conservation Park Flinders Chase National Park Kelly Hill Conservation Park Lathami Conservation Park Little Sahara Mount Taylor Conservation Park Nepean Bay Conservation Park Parndana Conservation Park Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area Seal Bay Conservation Park Seddon Conservation Park Vivonne Bay Conservation Park Western River Conservation Park Beaches American Beach Baudin Beach Browns Beach D'Estrees Bay Emu Bay Island Beach Snelling Beach Stokes Bay Vivonne Bay

v t e Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries South Australia Cape Bedout Cape Bouguer Cape du Couedic Cape Forbin D'Estrees Bay Fleurieu Peninsula Gantheaume Bay Maupertuis Bay Fenelon Island Masillon Island Ravine des Casoars Cape Thevenard Vivonne Bay Western Australia Cape Clairault Cape Freycinet Cape Mentelle Cape Naturaliste Faure Island Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Peron Peninsula Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets.