Hamelin Bay, Western Australia

Hamelin Bay
Western Australia
Hamelin Bay
Hamelin Bay is located in Western Australia
Hamelin Bay
Hamelin Bay
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Coordinates34°13′52″S 115°02′49″E / 34.231°S 115.047°E / -34.231; 115.047
Population58 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6288
Area16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
State electorate(s)Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)Forrest

Hamelin Bay is a bay and a locality on the southwest coast of Western Australia between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste. It is named after French explorer Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, who sailed through the area in about 1801. It is south of Cape Freycinet.

To the north, the beach leads to the Boranup Sand Patch and further to the mouth of the Margaret River, while south leads to Cape Leeuwin. The nearest locality to the east is Karridale on the Margaret River to Augusta road.

It was also a small settlement and port in Western Australia on the coast of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hamelin Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata