Joseph Bonaparte Gulf | |
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Location | Northwest coast of Australia, between Western Australia and Northern Territory |
Coordinates | 14°06′S 128°50′E / 14.100°S 128.833°E |
Type | Gulf |
Part of | Timor Sea |
Primary inflows | Keep River, Victoria River, Cambridge Gulf |
Settlements | Wyndham[1] |
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf is a large body of water off the coast of the Northern Territory and Western Australia and part of the Timor Sea. It was named after Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and King of Naples (1806-1808) and then Spain (1808-1813) by French explorer and naturalist Nicolas Baudin in 1803.[2] It is also often referred to in Australia as the "Bonaparte Gulf".