Guichen Bay
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 Guichen Bay
Location in South Australia
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| Location | Limestone Coast, South Australia |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] |
| Type | Bay |
| Basin countries |  Australia |
| Max. length | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).[2] |
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| Max. depth | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).[2] |
| Settlements | Robe |
Guichen Bay, (French: Baie de Guichen) is a bay located on the south-east coast of South Australia about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). northwest of Mount Gambier and about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). south-southeast of Adelaide. It was named in 1802 by the Baudin expedition of 1800-03 after Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen. The town of Robe is located at the southern end of the bay.
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Extent & description
Guichen Bay lies between Cape Thomas at its northern extremity and Cape Dombey at its southern extremity on the south-east coast of South Australia. The east side of the bay which runs for a distance of about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) to the south of Cape Thomas is formed by a sandy beach known as Long Beach. The bay’s south shore of the bay consists of ‘rocky points and sandy bays’ with ‘drying rocks extend a short distance offshore’. Within the bay, the water depth ranges from Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). over a large part of the bay. A rocky point known as Boatswain Point projects south for a distance of about 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) to the east southeast of Cape Thomas while at the south end of the bay, there is a rocky point known as Robe Point.[3][2][4]
A number of navigation aids are located around Cape Dombey at the bay’s south end. These consist of a lighthouse known as the Robe Lighthouse on Cape Dombey, a flashing light located near Commodore Point on the ocean coastline to the immediate south of Cape Dombey, and two lights within the bay - a light marking the end of the breakwater at the entrance of the Lake Butler marina in Robe and a flashing light near Robe Point. Prior to the erection of the Robe Lighthouse in 1972, the sole navigational aid available for navigating in Robe was a Daymark in the form of an obelisk painted with red and white bands which is known as the Robe Obelisk.[4][5][6]
European discovery
Guichen Bay was named in 1802 after by Peron & Freycinet of the Baudin expedition of 1800-03 after Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen.[7]
Ports and other settlements
Robe is the sole settlement and port in Guichen Bay. Its infrastructure consists of a jetty and a marina complete with a protective breakwater.[4][6]
Protected areas
The following protected areas both include and adjoin the bay’s extent: the Upper South East Marine Park and the Guichen Bay Conservation Park.[8][9]
Citations and references
Citations
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 DMH, 1985, chart 5
- ↑ NGA, 2012, page 217
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 BIA, 2005, page 181
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ NPWS, 1994, page 4
References
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