Admiralty Gulf
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Admiralty Gulf is a gulf
in the Kimberley of Western Australia
that opens into the Indian Ocean
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The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the North and Bigge Point to the South. The nearest populated place is Kalumburu
, located 82 kilometres (51 mi) to the East.
Many islands are found within the Gulf including; Middle Osborn Island, Kingsmill Island, Borda Island and Montesquieu Island. Two natural harbours are found in the Gulf, Port Warrender and Walmesly Bay.
Nicolas Baudin
charted Cape Bougainville in 1803 and Cassini Island and was most likely the first European to visit the Gulf.
The coastline around the Gulf was explored by Philip Parker King
aboard the Mermaid in 1819 as part of his survey of the area. King named the Gulf along with Port Warrender and Vansittart Bay
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
in the Kimberley of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
that opens into the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
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The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the North and Bigge Point to the South. The nearest populated place is Kalumburu
Kalumburu, Western Australia
Kalumburu and Kalumburu Community are both bounded localities within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley Western Australia. Kalumburu Community is the northernmost settlement in Western Australia...
, located 82 kilometres (51 mi) to the East.
Many islands are found within the Gulf including; Middle Osborn Island, Kingsmill Island, Borda Island and Montesquieu Island. Two natural harbours are found in the Gulf, Port Warrender and Walmesly Bay.
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré. At the age of fifteen he joined the merchant navy, and at twenty joined the French East India Company...
charted Cape Bougainville in 1803 and Cassini Island and was most likely the first European to visit the Gulf.
The coastline around the Gulf was explored by Philip Parker King
Philip Parker King
Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN was an early explorer of the Australian coast.-Early life and education:...
aboard the Mermaid in 1819 as part of his survey of the area. King named the Gulf along with Port Warrender and Vansittart Bay