Ella Bay

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Ella Bay
Southern end of Ella Bay, looking north from Heath's point
Ella Bay
Location	Far North Queensland
Coordinates	17°27′05″S 146°04′02″E / 17.45139°S 146.06722°E / -17.45139; 146.06722 [1]
Ocean/sea sources	Coral Sea
Basin countries	Australia
Max. length	9 km (5.6 mi)

Ella Bay is a bay located in the Cassowary Coast Region in Far North Queensland, Australia.^[2] It is in close proximity to the town of Innisfail. Innisfail is situated 88 kilometres (55 mi) south of Cairns and 260 kilometres (160 mi) north of Townsville. The bay is bounded by Cooper's point in the north and Heath's point in the south.^[3] The land area adjacent to Ella Bay is named Wanjuru.^[4]

At the landscape scale, the mountain ranges encircling Ella Bay itself lie mostly within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, recognised for its natural heritage. Parts of Ella Bay are protected within the Ella Bay National Park. The ocean directly offshore at Ella Bay lies within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which is also the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. There are two blocks of private land at the southern end of Ella Bay, a predominantly cleared 470 hectare block and a 65 acres (26 ha) rainforest block named Little Cove by property developer Satori Ella Bay.

The average annual rainfall at Innisfail is over 3,500 millimetres (140 in) or 3.5 metres (11 ft) according to the Bureau of Meteorology, and the average number of rainy days per year is 150 days.