Lacepede Bay

Lacepede Bay
Lacepede Bay is located in South Australia
Lacepede Bay
Lacepede Bay
Location in South Australia
LocationLimestone Coast, South Australia
Coordinates36°48′56″S 139°48′05″E / 36.815455°S 139.801417°E / -36.815455; 139.801417[1]
TypeBay
Basin countriesAustralia
Max. length40.98 km (25.46 mi)[2]
Max. width10 km (6.2 mi)[2]
Max. depth11.0 m (36.1 ft)[2]
SettlementsKingston, SE
Cape Jaffa

Lacepede Bay (locally /ˈlæsəˌpd/ LASS-ə-peed, French: Baie Lacépède) is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south-east coast about 140 kilometres (87 miles) northwest of Mount Gambier and about 240 kilometres (150 miles) southeast of Adelaide. It was named in 1802 by the Baudin expedition of 1800-03 after Bernard Germain de Lacépède, the French naturalist. It is one of four ‘historic bays’ located on the South Australian coast.

  1. ^ "Search result for "Lacepede Bay" using the following datasets - "NPW and Conservation Properties", "Rock Lobster Sanctuaries", "State Marine Park Network", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Charts 6 & 7, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2