Eyre River (Western Australia)
| Eyre River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Blackboy Hill |
| • elevation | 107 metres (351 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cheynes Inlet |
• elevation | sea level |
| Length | 11 kilometres (7 mi) |
The Eyre River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise below Blackboy Hill approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Wellstead. The river flows in a south-easterly direction and discharges into Cheynes Inlet and on to the Southern Ocean.
The river was named in 1850 by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after the explorer John Eyre, who was the first European to discover the river in 1841 when he crossed it on his expedition from Adelaide to Albany.[2]
References
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Eyre River". 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "History of river names – E". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
34°35′25″S 118°42′41″E / 34.59028°S 118.71139°E
Rivers of Western Australia | |
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields-Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
