Maupertuis Bay

Maupertuis Bay is located on the south-west of Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The bay forms the mouth of Rocky River which rises from within Flinders Chase National Park.^[1]

Maupertuis Bay was named after mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.^[2]

On 24 April 1899, the Scottish barque Loch Sloy was shipwrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay^[3] resulting in the death of all but three crew and passengers.

References

↑ "Groundwater - surface water interactions on Kangaroo Island, Progress report 1: Rocky River shallow piezometer drilling program" (PDF). WaterConnect. Government of South Australia. 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.

Coordinates: 36°00′S 136°40′E / 36.000°S 136.667°E / -36.000; 136.667

Kangaroo Island

Major townships

Beaches

Coastal features

Western end of island	Cape Borda Cape du Couedic Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fides Bluff Maupertuis Bay Nepean Bay Pelican Lagoon Point Marsden Ravine des Casoars

Dudley Peninsula	Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby Kangaroo Head

Protected areas

National parks	Flinders Chase

Conservation parks	Baudin Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Cygnet Estuary Dudley Kelly Hill Lashmar Lathami Lesueur Mount Taylor Nepean Bay Parndana Pelican Lagoon Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Vivonne

Aquatic reserves	American River Bales Beach Seal Bay

Wilderness Protection Areas	Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Ravine des Casoars Western River

Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast

Related and uncategorised

Coastal bays and inlets of South Australia

Aldinga Anxious Arno Baird Barker Inlet Coffin D'Estrees Denial Discovery Emu Encounter False Fowlers Guichen Hardwicke Head of the Bight Holdfast Lipson Cove Lacepede Louth Lucky Marion Maupertuis Memory Moonta Murat Nepean Pelican Lagoon Pondalowie Rapid Rivoli Sceale Smoky Stenhouse Stokes Streaky Tourville Tumby Venus Vivonne Wool Seal Bay Conservation Park

Category Commons

Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries

South Australia	Cape Bedout Cape Borda Cape Bouguer Cape Carnot Cape du Couedic Cape Forbin Cape Gantheaume Casuarina Islets (Ilots du Cassuarina) D'Estrees Bay Dorothee Island (Ile Dorothee) Fleurieu Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Lacepede Bay Maupertuis Bay Fenelon Island Masillon Island Ravine des Casoars Rivoli Bay (Baie de Rivoli) Cape Thevenard Veteran Isles (Ile du Veteran) Vivonne Bay

Western Australia	Cape Clairault Cape Freycinet Cape Mentelle Cape Naturaliste Faure Island Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Lancelin Island Middle Island (Iles du Milieu) Peron Peninsula Recherche Archipelago (L’Archipel de la Recherche)

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.

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