Keppel Bay
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Keppel Bay is a bay in Central Queensland, Australia, at the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the coast of the Coral Sea.
Extent
Keppel Bay extends from Station Point on Curtis Island (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) in the Gladstone Region to Zilzie Point at Zilzie (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) in the Shire of Livingstone.[1][2][3][4]
Islands
The named islands in Keppel Bay from north to south are:[5]
- Round Rock off Zilzie (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[6]
- Flat Rock off Coorooman (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[7]
- Girt Island off Keppel Sands / Joskleigh (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[8]
- Shelly Knob off Curtis Island (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[9]
- Satellite Island in the Fitzroy River mouth off Port Alma (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[10]
- Mackenzie Island in the Fitzroy River mouth off Thompson Point (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[11]
- Egg Island in the Fitzroy River mouth off Thompson Point (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[12]
- Mud Island in the Fitzroy River mouth off Thompson Point (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[13]
- Balaclava Island in the Fitzroy River mouth off The Narrows (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
Despite the name, the islands in Keppel Bay Islands National Park are not within Keppel Bay but are to the north and east of the bay.[5]
History
Keppel Bay was named by Captain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after Admiral Augustus Keppel of the British Royal Navy.[2][15]
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External links
- University of Queensland:Queensland Places: Keppel Bay Area
- David A. Ryan, Helen C. Bostock, Brendan P. Brooke, Darren Skene: Geomorphology and Stratigraphy of Keppel Bay, South-East Queensland, Australia, Geoscience Australia, 2009
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