{{about|the peninsula in South Australia|the nearby locality|Calca, South Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date= April 2015}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = Calca Peninsula | state = sa | image = 10 Point Labatt CP 04.JPG | caption = Point Labatt, a point on the west side of the peninsula, as viewed from the south |coordinates = {{coord|33.121663|S|134.45313|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref = <ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search results for ‘Calca Peninsula, PEN' with the following datasets being selected – ‘NPW and Conservation Properties’, 'State Marine Park Network', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and ‘Roads’ |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=134.40842&y=-33.12197&z=11&uids=41,48,19,105,136&pinx=134.281250&piny=-33.121660&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Calca+Peninsula,+Pen |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=Government of South Australia|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> }} '''Calca Peninsula''' (also known as '''Freeman Peninsula''') is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in the locality of Sceale Bay about {{convert|27|km|abbr=off}} to about {{convert|46|km|abbr=off}} south-east of the town of Streaky Bay.<ref name="LMV"/>
It extends in a south easterly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Searcy Bay and the Great Australian Bight to the west, Anxious Bay to the south east and Baird Bay to the north east. Its extremities include Point Labatt in the west and Cape Radstock in the south.<ref name="LMV"/><ref name=MP/><ref name=DMH>{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH)| title=The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia|page=Chart 39|isbn=0-7243-7603-8}}</ref>
Its name is derived from a local Aboriginal word for stars while its variant name, Freeman Peninsula, is derived from the Freeman family who held land on the peninsula until 1982.<ref name="LMV"/>
Its extent includes the following protected areas - Point Labatt Conservation Park and the southern end of the Searcy Bay Conservation Park. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park.<ref name=MP>{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Far West District | author2=South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service | title=Point Labatt Conservation Park management plan, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia | publication-date=1995 | publisher=Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources | url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/0b7252bb-464f-4738-a932-9e4f00b1e4fd/PARKS_PDFS_POINT_LABATT_CP_MP.pdf | pages =1–2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/58c0f500-efcf-437d-a6a2-a117009dc7c3/mp-gen-3westcoastbays-managementplan.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=2 April 2015|page=26/26|year=2012}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Eyre Peninsula|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calca Peninsula}} Category:Eyre Peninsula Category:Great Australian Bight
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