Maupertuis Bay
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  Maupertuis Bay Location in South Australia | |
| Location | Kangaroo Island, South Australia |
| Type | Bay |
| Primary inflows | Rocky River |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Maupertuis Bay (French: Baie Maupertuis) is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south-west of Kangaroo Island. The bay forms the mouth of Rocky River which rises from within a catchment located in both the Flinders Chase National Park and the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area.[2]
Maupertuis Bay was named after mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.[3]
On 24 April 1899, the Scottish barque Loch Sloy was shipwrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay[4] resulting in the death of all but three crew and passengers.
See also
References
- ^ "Search result for " Maupertuis Bay (Bay)" (Record no. SA0043518) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Groundwater - surface water interactions on Kangaroo Island, Progress report 1: Rocky River shallow piezometer drilling program" (PDF). WaterConnect. Government of South Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ "The discovery and exploration of Australia". australia for everyone. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Wreck of the Loch Sloy". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 1899. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries | ||
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Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets. | ||