Calca Peninsula

Calca Peninsula South Australia
Calca Peninsula
Coordinates	33°7′18″S 134°16′52.5″E / 33.12167°S 134.281250°ECoordinates: 33°7′18″S 134°16′52.5″E / 33.12167°S 134.281250°E

Calca Peninsula (also known as Freeman Peninsula) is a peninsula located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia from about 27 kilometres (17 mi) to about 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the town of Streaky Bay. It extends in a south easterly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Searcy Bay and the Great Australian Bight to the west, Anxious Bay to the south east and Baird Bay to the north east. Its extremities include Point Labatt in the west and Cape Radstock in the south. Its name is derived from a local aboriginal word for stars while its variant name, Freeman Peninsula, is derived from the Freeman family who held land on the peninsula until 1982. Its extent includes the following protected areas - Point Labatt Conservation Park and the southern end of the Searcy Bay Conservation Park. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. "Search for feature SA0011589 (Calca Peninsula (SA))". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
2. "Search for feature SA0011589 (Calca Peninsula)". Land Services Group, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
3. "Search for feature SA0025013 (Freeman Peninsula)". Land Services Group, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
4. South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. Chart 39, ISBN 0-7243-7603-8
5. South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Far West District; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995), Point Labatt Conservation Park management plan, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, pp. 1–2
6. "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26/26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.