Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature)

Emu Bay
Emu Bay in the distance, with Burne Port in the foreground.
Emu Bay is located in Tasmania
Emu Bay
Emu Bay
Location in Tasmania
LocationNorth West Tasmania
Coordinates41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528
TypeEmbayment
River sourcesEmu River
Primary outflowsBass Strait
SettlementsBurnie

Emu Bay is a bay on the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The bay is fed by the Emu River and empties into Bass Strait.[1] The bay is adjacent to the city of Burnie, Tasmania, which was also originally named Emu Bay but later renamed for William Burnie a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s.

  1. ^ "Map of Blythe River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.