Jussieu Peninsula

{{other uses| Jussieu (disambiguation){{!}} Jussieu }}

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{{Infobox Australian place| type = other

| name = Jussieu Peninsula

| state = SA

| image =Curta Rocks, Port Lincoln National Park - South Australia.jpg

| caption =Curta Rocks, South Australia

|coordinates = {{coord|34.855108|S|135.878459|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}{{cite web|title=Search results for ‘Jussieu Peninsula, PEN' with the following datasets being selected – ‘NNPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries’, 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=136.06985&y=-34.86971&z=11&uids=42,19,105&pinx=135.879850&piny=-34.853680&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Jussieu+Peninsula,+Pen |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=2 September 2018}}

| maxtemp = 21.2

| mintemp = 11.3

| rainfall = 383.2

|footnotes=Climate{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018192_All.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=16 February 2016}}

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Jussieu Peninsula is a peninsula located at the south east end of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

It is bounded by Proper Bay and Spalding Cove within the natural harbour known as Port Lincoln to the north, Spencer Gulf to the east and the Great Australian Bight to the south. While it was first explored and mapped by Matthew Flinders during February 1802, Flinders did not name it. In 1913, the name proposed by François Péron and Louis de Freycinet from Baudin's expedition when it visited later in 1802 was declared as the peninsula's official name by the Government of South Australia. Jussieu refers to the French botanist, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. While parts of its surface have been cleared and used for agricultural purposes in the past, it is currently occupied by two protected areas: the Lincoln National Park and the Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area.

{{Citation | author1=Manning, Geoffrey H | title=Manning's place names of South Australia from Aaron Creek to Zion Hill | publication-date=2006 | publisher=Gould Books | edition=[Extended and rev. ed.]|page=221 | isbn=978-0-947284-60-2 }}{{cite web|title=Lincoln National Park Management Plan|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/2b8b7120-6e6b-481c-86d8-9e4f00b1b08c/PARKS_PDFS_LINCOLN_NP_MP.pdf. |publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=26 January 2014|pages=1 & 25|year=2004}}{{cite web|title=Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area Management Plan,|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/0c625c92-46c3-46e0-b564-9e4f00b1bca2/PARKS_PDFS_MEMORYCOVE_WPA_MP.pdf.|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=26 January 2014|pages=1|year=2005}}