Coffin Bay Peninsula

This article is about the peninsula. For the adjoining bay, see Coffin Bay (South Australia). For the nearby town, see Coffin Bay.

Coffin Bay Peninsula South Australia
Avoid Bay, on the peninsula's south coast
Coffin Bay Peninsula
Coordinates	34°34′29″S 135°18′12″E / 34.57472°S 135.30333°E / -34.57472; 135.30333Coordinates: 34°34′29″S 135°18′12″E / 34.57472°S 135.30333°E / -34.57472; 135.30333

Coffin Bay Peninsula is a peninsula located at the south west end of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It extends in a north westerly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Coffin Bay, Port Douglas and Yangie Bay to the north, the Great Australian Bight to the west and Avoid Bay to the south. Its extremities are Point St Isaac in the north, Point Whidbey in the south west, Point Longnose in the north east and Point Avoid in the south east. Its name is derived from Coffin Bay which was named by Matthew Flinders on 16 February 1802, after Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet. While parts of its surface have been cleared and used for agricultural purposes in the past, it is currently occupied by the protected area, the Coffin Bay National Park.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Coffin Bay Peninsula". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. Chart 35, ISBN 0-7243-7603-8
↑ "Parks of the Coffin Bay Area Management Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2004. pp. 3 & 24. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
↑ "Coffin Bay, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey

State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart

Local Government	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point

East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Memory Cove Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Cap Island Eba Island Germein Island Grantham Island Greenly Island Investigator Group Flinders Island Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands Liguanea Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Archipelago Smooth Island Olive Island Pigface Island Whidbey Isles Williams Island

East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Hopkins Island Lewis Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Owen Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Islands Smith Island Taylor Island Thistle Island Tumby Island

Related and uncategorised

The Peninsulas zone (wine)

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