Spencer Gulf

Spencer Gulf
Location of Spencer Gulf in Australia
Spencer Gulf is located in South Australia
Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf is located in Australia
Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf
LocationSouth Australia
Coordinates34°25′S 136°45′E / 34.417°S 136.750°E / -34.417; 136.750
TypeGulf
Part ofGreat Australian Bight
Basin countriesAustralia

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and Eyre Peninsula in the west to Cape Spencer and Yorke Peninsula in the east.

The largest towns on the gulf are Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Pirie, and Port Augusta. Smaller towns on the gulf include Tumby Bay, Port Neill, Arno Bay, Cowell, Port Germein, Port Broughton, Wallaroo, Port Hughes, Port Victoria, Port Rickaby, Point Turton, and Corny Point.