D'Estrees Bay

D'Estrees Bay
D'Estrees Bay Location in South Australia
Location	Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Coordinates	35°56′55″S 137°34′45″E / 35.94861°S 137.57917°E / -35.94861; 137.57917Coordinates: 35°56′55″S 137°34′45″E / 35.94861°S 137.57917°E / -35.94861; 137.57917[1]
Type	Bay
Basin countries	Australia

The D'Estrees Bay is located on the southern coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and is situated 39 kilometres (24 mi) 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 west to Point Reynolds in the north east, 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 (20 acres) 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 land at the bay's south west end is currently part of the Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park.

References

Kangaroo Island Major townships American River Kingscote Parndana Penneshaw Beaches American Beach Baudin Beach Browns Beach D'Estrees Bay Emu Bay Island Beach Nepean Bay Snelling Beach Stokes Bay Vivonne Bay Coastal features Cape Borda Cape du Couedic Cape Gantheaume Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby D'Estrees Bay Fides Bluff Kangaroo Head Nepean Bay Pelican Lagoon Point Marsden Protected areas National parks Flinders Chase Conservation parks Baudin Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Cygnet Estuary Dudley Kelly Hill Lashmar Lathami Lesueur Mount Taylor Nepean Bay Parndana Pelican Lagoon Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Vivonne Aquatic reserves American River Bales Beach Seal Bay Wilderness Protection Areas Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Ravine des Casoars Western River Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast Beatrice Islets Busby Islet Casuarina Islets Douglas Rock Nobby Islet Paisley Islet Pelican Lagoon Islets Pelorus Islet Related and uncategorised Kangaroo Island wine region

Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries South Australia Cape Bedout Cape Borda Cape Bouguer Cape Carnot Cape du Couedic Cape Forbin Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fleurieu Peninsula Lacepede Bay Maupertuis Bay Fenelon Island Masillon Island Ravine des Casoars Rivoli Bay (Baie de Rivoli) 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.