Spencer Gulf
| water, bay
Australia /
South Australia /
Port Lincoln /
World
/ Australia
/ South Australia
/ Port Lincoln
World / Australia / South Australia
water, bay, invisible
Border from here:
austlii.law.uts.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/hanr19943...
(The waters north of a line drawn from Cape Catastrophe on Eyre Peninsula to Waterhouse Point on Thistle Island and then to Corny Point on Yorke Peninsula.)
Cape Spencer (right) / Spencer Gulf
20.3.1802. Flinders. Named after George John, Earl Spencer (1758-1834). Served in the ministries of Pitt, Fox and Grenfield and was First Lord of the Admiralty 1794-1802. He inherited from the 3rd Earl of Sunderland the Althorp library which he developed into one of the finest private libraries in Europe. Freycinet named Cape Spencer 'Cape Berthier' and Spencers Gulf was named 'Golfe Bonaparte' after General Napoleon Bonaparte. One of the strangest names ever given to an Australian coastal feature was that given by Baudin. He wanted to name it after himself, but not wishing to appear vain, he named it 'Golfe de La Melomanie' (Music Mania Gulf), because of his deep love of music.
austlii.law.uts.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/hanr19943...
(The waters north of a line drawn from Cape Catastrophe on Eyre Peninsula to Waterhouse Point on Thistle Island and then to Corny Point on Yorke Peninsula.)
Cape Spencer (right) / Spencer Gulf
20.3.1802. Flinders. Named after George John, Earl Spencer (1758-1834). Served in the ministries of Pitt, Fox and Grenfield and was First Lord of the Admiralty 1794-1802. He inherited from the 3rd Earl of Sunderland the Althorp library which he developed into one of the finest private libraries in Europe. Freycinet named Cape Spencer 'Cape Berthier' and Spencers Gulf was named 'Golfe Bonaparte' after General Napoleon Bonaparte. One of the strangest names ever given to an Australian coastal feature was that given by Baudin. He wanted to name it after himself, but not wishing to appear vain, he named it 'Golfe de La Melomanie' (Music Mania Gulf), because of his deep love of music.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Gulf
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°15'6"S 136°45'47"E
- Franklin Harbour 65 km
- St. Vincent Gulf 85 km
- Encounter Bay 219 km
- Corio Bay 802 km
- Port Phillip Bay 804 km
- Western Port 877 km
- Waratah Bay 963 km
- Jervis Bay 1276 km
- Port Stephens 1420 km
- Moreton Bay 1753 km
- Franklin Harbour 61 km
- Yeldulknie Conservation Park 70 km
- Unnamed (No.HA1063) Heritage Agreement 93 km
- Heggaton Conservation Park 99 km
- Unnamed (No.HA774) Heritage Agreement 100 km
- Unnamed (No.HA457) Heritage Agreement 101 km
- Munyaroo Conservation Park - Eastern Section 104 km
- Unnamed (No.HA977) Heritage Agreement 106 km
- Unnamed (No.HA1398) Heritage Agreement 113 km
- Ironstone Hill Conservation Park 116 km
Franklin Harbour
Yeldulknie Conservation Park
Unnamed (No.HA1063) Heritage Agreement
Heggaton Conservation Park
Unnamed (No.HA774) Heritage Agreement
Unnamed (No.HA457) Heritage Agreement
Munyaroo Conservation Park - Eastern Section
Unnamed (No.HA977) Heritage Agreement
Unnamed (No.HA1398) Heritage Agreement
Ironstone Hill Conservation Park