York Sound
Encyclopedia
York Sound is a sound
located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia opening into the Indian Ocean
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The sound in bounded by Cape Pond to the North and Hardey Point with the Coronation Islands to the South.
The nearest populated town to the Sound is Kalumburu
, 180 kilometres (112 mi) to the North East.
The main feature of the sound is Boongaree Island which is situated close to the mainland to the South and the Anderdon Islands and Murrara Island to the North.
The Hunter
and the Roe River
s both discharge directly into the Sound.
The first European to visit the area was the Dutch sailor and explorer, Abel Tasman
, who landed in the area in 1644.
The area was surveyed in 1820 by Philip Parker King
aboard the Mermaid.
Sound (geography)
In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or it may be defined as a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land ....
located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia opening 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 sound in bounded by Cape Pond to the North and Hardey Point with the Coronation Islands to the South.
The nearest populated town to the Sound 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...
, 180 kilometres (112 mi) to the North East.
The main feature of the sound is Boongaree Island which is situated close to the mainland to the South and the Anderdon Islands and Murrara Island to the North.
The Hunter
Hunter River (Western Australia)
The Hunter River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise below Donkins Hill then flow in a South westerly direction until the river discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour then York Sound and the Indian Ocean....
and the Roe River
Roe River (Western Australia)
The Roe River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise in the Prince Regent Nature Reserve below Bushfire Hill then flow in a north westerly direction. The river discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour to York Sound and out onto the Indian Ocean...
s both discharge directly into the Sound.
The first European to visit the area was the Dutch sailor and explorer, Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC . His was the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands...
, who landed in the area in 1644.
The area was surveyed in 1820 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.