Spencer Gulf | water, bay

Australia / South Australia / Port Lincoln /
 water, bay, invisible
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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.
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Coordinates:   34°15'6"S   136°45'47"E