# Anxious Bay

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Bay in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Anxious Bay View of Anxious Bay from mouth of Venus Bay Anxious Bay Location in South Australia Location Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Coordinates 33°19′24″S 134°36′50″E / 33.32333°S 134.61389°E / -33.32333; 134.61389[1] Type Bay Basin countries Australia Max. length 66 km (41 mi).[2] Max. width 21 km (13 mi)[2] Max. depth 58 m (190 ft)[2] Islands Waldegrave Island Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Settlements Venus Bay Baird Bay

**Anxious Bay** is a [bay](/source/Bay) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located on the west coast of [Eyre Peninsula](/source/Eyre_Peninsula) about 275 kilometres (171 miles) west north-west of Adelaide. It was named by [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders) on 21 February 1802. It is one of four ‘[historic bays](/source/Historic_bay)' located on the South Australian coast.

## Extent & description

Anxious Bay lies between [Cape Radstock](/source/Cape_Radstock) and [Cape Finniss](/source/Cape_Finniss) on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. Anxious Bay itself is the entry point for the following minor [coastal](/source/Coastal) [inlets](/source/Inlets) from west to east – Baird Bay and Venus Bay.[3][2] It is one of four bays on the South Australian coast considered by the Australian government to be a 'historic bay' under the *Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973* and proclaimed as such in 1987 and again in 2006 with the result that the mouth of the bay is on the [territorial seas baseline](/source/Baseline_(sea)) and the waters within the bay are [internal waters](/source/Internal_waters) as per the definition used in [United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea](/source/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea).[4][5]

## European discovery

Matthew Flinders named Anxious Bay on 11 February 1802.[6]

## Ports and other settlements

[Settlements](/source/Human_settlement) on its shores include [Venus Bay](/source/Venus_Bay%2C_South_Australia) and [Baird Bay](/source/Baird_Bay). A third settlement, [Port Kenny](/source/Port_Kenny%2C_South_Australia) is accessible via the body of water known as Venus Bay. Both the settlements of Venus Bay and Port Kenny have port infrastructure consisting of [jetties](/source/Pier) that are accessible via Venus Bay.[2]

## Economic use

As of 2013, an area within the southern end of the bay located to the immediate north of Waldegrave Island has been zoned under state planning legislation for [aquaculture](/source/Aquaculture).[7]

## Protected areas

[Protected areas](/source/Protected_areas) located within and adjoining the bay's extent include:

- Conservation parks – [Baird Bay Islands](/source/Baird_Bay_Islands_Conservation_Park), [Lake Newland](/source/Lake_Newland_Conservation_Park), [Venus Bay](/source/Venus_Bay_Conservation_Park) and [Waldegrave Islands](/source/Waldegrave_Islands_Conservation_Park).[8][9][10]

- Marine parks – [West Coast Bays Marine Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Coast_Bays_Marine_Park&action=edit&redlink=1).[11]

## See also

- [Point Weyland](/source/Point_Weyland)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gazateer_1-0)** ["Anxious Bay"](https://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=SA0001690). *[Gazetteer of Australia](/source/Gazetteer_of_Australia) online*. [Geoscience Australia](/source/Geoscience_Australia), Australian Government.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Chart39_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Chart39_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Chart39_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Chart39_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Chart39_2-4) South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), *The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs*, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 39, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7243-7603-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7243-7603-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pub175_3-0)** [*Sailing Directions (Enroute),*Pub. 175:*North, West, and South Coasts of Australia*](https://msi.nga.mil/api/publications/download?key=16694491/SFH00000/Pub175bk.pdf&type=view) (PDF). *[Sailing Directions](/source/Sailing_Directions)*. [United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency). 2017. p. 178.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Article 8 Internal waters, Part II, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea"](https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm). United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Issued by the authority of the Attorney-General, Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, Seas and Submerged Lands (Historic Bays) Proclamation 2006"](http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2006L00526/Explanatory%20Statement/Text). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Flinders_6-0)** [Flinders, Matthew](/source/Matthew_Flinders) (1966) [1814]. *A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator*. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. p. 222. [LCCN](/source/LCCN_(identifier)) [66070225](https://lccn.loc.gov/66070225). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [4565366](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4565366). [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [38607138M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL38607138M). [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q133875246](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133875246).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DP_7-0)** ["Development Plan – Land Not Within a Council Area (Coastal Waters)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051545/http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/249981/Land_Not_Within_a_Council_Area_Coastal_Waters_Development_Plan.pdf) (PDF). [Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure](/source/Department_of_Planning%2C_Transport_and_Infrastructure) (DPTI). 2013. pp. 21, 54 & 59. Archived from [the original](http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/249981/Land_Not_Within_a_Council_Area_Coastal_Waters_Development_Plan.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Lake Newland Conservation Park Management Plan*](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/6506aa51-fdc2-4a3e-959d-9e4f00b1aecf/PARKS_PDFS_LAKE_NEWLAND_MP.pdf) (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Heritage, South Australia. 2003. p. 3. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7590-1066-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7590-1066-8). Retrieved 30 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [*Venus Bay Conservation Park Management Plan*](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/9dc4644a-6ada-4a4c-a4de-9e4f00b222ce/VENUS_BAY_MP.pdf) (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Heritage, South Australia. 2003. p. 8. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-9210-1895-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-9210-1895-X). Retrieved 30 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [*Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan*](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/570dd7a4-2986-4563-ae90-9e4f00b22af4/WESTEYRE_IP.pdf) (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Heritage, South Australia. 2006. pp. 4–5. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-9212-3818-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-9212-3818-6). Retrieved 30 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["West Coast Bays Marine Park Management plan summary"](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/58c0f500-efcf-437d-a6a2-a117009dc7c3/mp-gen-3westcoastbays-managementplan.pdf) (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 26 of 26. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

v t e Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Cities Port Augusta (western suburbs only) Port Lincoln Whyalla Townships Ceduna Cleve Coffin Bay Cowell Cummins Elliston Kimba Lock Smoky Bay Streaky Bay Thevenard Tumby Bay Wudinna Governance Federal division Grey (part) State electoral districts Flinders Giles Stuart Local Government Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta (part) City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC Protected areas Coffin Bay National Park Gawler Ranges National Park Lake Gilles Lincoln National Park Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area Munyaroo Conservation Park Pinkawillinie Conservation Park Coastal features West coast Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Mount Dutton Bay Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point Sleaford Bay Fishery Bay East coast Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Lucky Bay Memory Cove Point Boston Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast West coast Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Eba Island Grantham Island Nicolas Baudin Island Pigface Island East coast Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Tumby Island Infrastructure Highways Birdseye Highway Eyre Highway (part) Flinders Highway Lincoln Highway Tod Highway Railways BHP Whyalla Tramway Coffin Bay Tramway Eyre Peninsula Railway Port Lincoln railway station Other Joy Baluch AM Bridge Tod Reservoir Related and uncategorised The Peninsulas zone (wine)

v t e Coastal bays and inlets of South Australia West coast Anxious Baird Coffin Denial Fowlers Head of the Bight Laura Murat Sceale Sleaford Fishery Smoky Streaky Tourville Venus Spencer Gulf Arno Blanche Harbor False Germein Hardwicke Lipson Cove Louth Lucky Memory Moonta Pondalowie Tumby Wallaroo Investigator Strait Emu Marion Nepean Pelican Lagoon Bay of Shoals Eastern Cove Western Cove Smith Stenhouse Stokes Kangaroo Island south and west coasts D'Estrees Maupertuis Moncrieff Pink Seal Vivonne Gulf St Vincent Aldinga Barker Inlet Holdfast Rapid Wool Backstairs Passage Antechamber Cuttlefish South east coast Discovery (part) Racecourse Encounter Guichen Lacepede Nora Creina Rivoli Mainland Murray River Loveday Category

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