Prince Frederick Harbour

{{Short description|Harbour in the Kimberley region of Western Australia}}

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Prince Frederick Harbour lies at the southern end of the York Sound, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, opening into the Indian Ocean.

The Hunter and the Roe Rivers both discharge directly into the harbour.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38868715 |title=Pictorial section|newspaper=Western Mail |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=24 November 1921 |accessdate=26 January 2012 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The area was surveyed in 1820 by Philip Parker King aboard Mermaid.{{cite web|url=http://www.kimberleysociety.org/oldfiles/1995/EARLY%20EXPLORATION%20ON%20THE%20KIMBERLEY%20COAST%20Oct.pdf|title=Early Exploration of the Kimberley Coast|year=2002|accessdate=2010-10-14}} {{Citation | author1=Murray, Ian | author2=Hercock, Marion | title=Where on the coast is that? | publication-date=2008 | publisher=Hesperian Press | isbn=978-0-85905-452-2| page=240 }}

Boongaree Island, also known as Boogarre Island, is found on the north western part of the harbour and is one of a number of islands lying in the harbour.{{Citation | author1=Murray, Ian | author2=Hercock, Marion | title=Where on the coast is that? | publication-date=2008 | publisher=Hesperian Press | isbn=978-0-85905-452-2| page=30 }}