Bathurst Channel

Bathurst Channel
Bathurst Channel is located in Tasmania
Bathurst Channel
Bathurst Channel
Location on the south west coast of Tasmania
LocationSouth Western Tasmania
Coordinates43°20′24″S 146°01′12″E / 43.34000°S 146.02000°E / -43.34000; 146.02000
TypeChannel
Etymology3rd Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Part ofPort Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
Primary inflowsBathurst Harbour
Primary outflowsPort Davey
Basin countriesAustralia
References[1]

The Bathurst Channel is a narrow offshore stretch of water that links Port Davey with Bathurst Harbour in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia.[2][3][4] The Bathurst Channel is contained within the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve,[5] and the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

  1. ^ "Bathurst Channel (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Australian Hydrographic Service (2008), Port Davey including Bathurst Channel, Australia - Tasmania (2nd ed.), Australian Hydrographic Service, retrieved 20 January 2013
  3. ^ Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Hydrographic Service (1980), Bathurst Channel (Sheet 1), Tasmania - west coast, Port Davey, Hydrographic Service, R.A.N, retrieved 11 July 2015
  4. ^ Australia. Royal Australian Navy. Hydrographic Service (1983), Bathurst Channel (sheet 2), Tasmania-west coast, Port Davey from a survey by Lieut.-Comm.r Kenneth Mackenzie, R.N., assisted by Lieutenants T. Nixson, R.A.N., D.M. Branson, R.N., G.P. Dixon, R.N., H.M. Australian Surveying Ship "Geranium", 1922, Hydrographic Service, R.A.N, retrieved 11 July 2015
  5. ^ "Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve". Sea Fishing & Aquaculture: Area Restrictions: Marine Reserves. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.