Discovery Bay (Australia)

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| name = Discovery Bay

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| image = Leucopogon Parviflorus, Discovery Bay National Park 1989. (38032726996).jpg

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| caption = West Victoria Coast, Bridgewater, Cape Nelson, Portland, Point Danger

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| location = Eastern South Australia and western Victoria

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|03|S|140|52|E|type:waterbody_region:AU_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=1318|title=Lake Burrumbeet|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2 May 1966|access-date=6 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215853/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=1318|archive-date=6 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}

| type = An open oceanic embayment{{cite journal |author1=Roy, P. S. |author2=Williams, R. J. |author3=Jones, A. R. |author4=Yassini, I. |year=2001 |title=Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries |journal=Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science |volume=53 |doi=10.1006/ecss.2001.0796|display-authors=etal}}

| inflow = Glenelg River, Bridgewater Lakes

| outflow = Southern Ocean

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Discovery Bay is an open oceanic embayment lying along the coast of eastern South Australia and western Victoria in south-eastern Australia.

Location and features

Facing the Southern Ocean, Discovery Bay extends approximately {{convert|70|km}} from Cape Northumberland, near Port MacDonnell, South Australia in the northwest, to Cape Bridgewater in the southeast, {{convert|20|km}} west of Portland in western Victoria.{{cite web |title=Search result for "Discovery Bay (Bay)" (Record no. SA0020163) with the following layers selected - " Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }} Cape Northumberland is the southernmost point of mainland South Australia.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The Glenelg River is the principal inflow and enters the bay near the town of Nelson.

The bay was named by explorer Thomas Mitchell when he came down the river on 20 August 1836.{{Citation|last=Mitchell|first=Thomas|author-link=Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|title=Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia|place=London|publisher=Boone| year=1838|volume=2|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13033 }}{{cite web |last=Bird |first=Eric |date=12 October 2006 |title=Place Names on the Coast of Victoria |publisher=Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) |url=http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

The South Australian section of the bay's coastline is protected by the Lower South East Marine Park while the Victorian section of the coast is protected in the Discovery Bay Coastal Park. The waters at the eastern end of the bay, adjacent to Cape Bridgewater, are protected by the Discovery Bay Marine National Park.{{cite web|title=Lower South East Marine Park Management Plan|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/60f0c3d2-c3b7-4894-adea-a11700a29b6a/mp-gen-19lowersoutheast-managementplan.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|access-date=1 August 2014|page=26}}{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/315670/Park-note-Lower-Glenelg-NP-Discovery-Bay-CP-1.pdf|type=PDF|title=Lower Glenelg National Park, Discovery Bay Coastal Park|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=January 2014|access-date=5 June 2014|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221133652/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/315670/Park-note-Lower-Glenelg-NP-Discovery-Bay-CP-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/313269/dicovery-bay-parks-mp.pdf|type=PDF|title=Discovery Bay Parks Management Plan|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2006|orig-year=2004|isbn=0-7311-8335-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210847/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/313269/dicovery-bay-parks-mp.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}
{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/discovery-bay-coastal-park|title=Discovery Bay Coastal Park|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=23 December 2013 }}
{{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/314720/20_1036.pdf|type=PDF|title=Discovery Bay Marine National Park: Marine Natural Values Study Summary|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|author1=Parks Victoria|author-link=Parks Victoria|author2=Deakin University|author2-link=Deakin University}}

Category:Bays of South Australia

Category:Bays of Victoria (state)

Category:Limestone Coast

Discovery Bay (Australia)

Location and features

See also

References

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