Nepean Bay

This article is about the bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. For the settlement, see Nepean Bay, South Australia. For the area of the Ottawa River, Canada, see LeBreton Flats. For other uses, see Nepean.
Nepean Bay
Nepean Bay
Location in South Australia
Location Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Coordinates 35°40′57″S 137°44′43″E / 35.68250°S 137.74528°ECoordinates: 35°40′57″S 137°44′43″E / 35.68250°S 137.74528°E[1]
Type Bay
Basin countries Australia
Max. length 30 kilometres (19 mi).[2]
Max. width 30 kilometres (19 mi)[2]
Max. depth 13.4 metres (44 ft)[2]
Islands Busby Islet, Beatrice Islets
Settlements Kingscote
Nepean Bay, Baudin Beach, Island Beach

Nepean Bay is a bay located on the north-east coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia and about 130 kilometres (81 mi) south-south-west of Adelaide. It was named by Matthew Flinders after Sir Evan Nepean on 21 March 1802.

Extent & description

Nepean Bay lies between Point Marsden and Kangaroo Head on the north-east coast of Kangaroo Island facing into Investigator Strait. Nepean Bay itself includes the following minor coastal inlets from west to east - Bay of Shoals, Western Cove, Eastern Cove and Pelican Lagoon.[3]

European discovery

Matthew Flinders named Nepean Bay after Sir Evan Nepean, First Secretary to the Admiralty, on 21 March 1802.[4]

Ports and other settlements

Settlements on its shores include Kingscote and Nepean Bay on the shores of Western Cove, and American River, Baudin Beach and Island Beach on the shores of Eastern Cove.

Protected areas

Protected areas located within and adjoining the bay’s extent include:

References

  1. ↑ "Nepean Bay (SA)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 11, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
  3. ↑ Pub175, Sailing directions (enroute) north, west, and south coast of Australia (10th ed.). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 203. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Flinders, Matthew (1966) [1814]. A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner; with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island. (Facsimile ed.). Adelaide; Facsimile reprint of: London : G. and W. Nicol, 1814 ed. In two volumes, with an Atlas (3 volumes): Libraries Board of South Australia. p. 250. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "American River Aquatic Reserve". Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Anon (1987). Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan. Adelaide: Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. pp. 25, 26, 54 & 64. ISBN 0-7243-8983-0.
  7. ↑ "Encounter Marine Park Management plan summary". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 2 of 6. Retrieved 17 June 2014.