Type Bay Basin countries Australia | Primary inflows | |
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Location Kangaroo Island, South 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.
Map of Maupertuis Bay, South Australia, Australia
Maupertuis Bay was named after mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.
On 24 April 1899, the Scottish barque Loch Sloy was shipwrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay resulting in the death of all but three crew and passengers.
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