Bass Point (Australia)

Bushrangers Bay at Bass Point

Bass Point [1] is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales south coast.

The point was named by Matthew Flinders in around 1800, after his friend and fellow explorer George Bass.[2]

The waters just off the point are considered a critical habitat for the endangered grey nurse shark, so fishing there is restricted.[3]

Bass Point is also home to renowned big wave surfing spot "Redsands", which breaks off a headland at the entrance to Bass Point Reserve.

  1. ^ Bass Point page Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at Geoscience Australia
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  3. ^ Protecting the Grey Nurse Shark - Bass Point Archived August 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at the NSW Department of Primary Industries