# D'Estrees Bay

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This article is about the bay in South Australia. For the associated locality, see [D'Estrees Bay, South Australia](/source/D'Estrees_Bay%2C_South_Australia).

Bay in Kangaroo Island, South Australia

D'Estrees Bay D'Estrees Bay Location in South Australia Location Kangaroo Island, South Australia Coordinates 35°55′00″S 137°39′02″E / 35.91656209°S 137.65046840°E / -35.91656209; 137.65046840[1] Type Bay Basin countries Australia Max. length 14 km (8.7 mi)[2] Max. depth 27 m (89 ft)[2] Settlements Haines D'Estrees Bay[1]

**D'Estrees Bay** ([French](/source/French_language): ***Baie d'Estrées***) is a [bay](/source/Bay) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located on the southern coast of [Kangaroo Island](/source/Kangaroo_Island) about 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of [Kingscote](/source/Kingscote%2C_South_Australia), the island's principal centre.

D'Estrees Bay was named in 1803 by [Péron](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_P%C3%A9ron) and [Freycinet](/source/Louis_de_Freycinet) of the [Baudin expedition to Australia](/source/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia) after [Victor-Marie d'Estrées](/source/Victor-Marie_d'Estr%C3%A9es), a [Marshal of France](/source/Marshal_of_France).[1][3]

The bay extends from Point Tinline in the south west to Point Reynolds in the north east,[2] with the beach being sandy and accessible for most of the bay's length.

The western side of the bay contains a settlement consisting of “single detached dwellings and recreation facilities for holiday makers and permanent residents.”[4]

The land at the bay's south west end is currently part of the [Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park](/source/Cape_Gantheaume_Conservation_Park).[4]

## Shipwrecks

On the night of 25 November 1853 the steamer *[Osmanli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osmanli_(ship)&action=edit&redlink=1)*, Captain Corbett, returning to Adelaide from Melbourne, struck a reef and sank in D'Estrees Bay. Some sixty persons were aboard, and all made it safely to shore in the boats, but passenger [Morris Marks](/source/Morris_Lyon_Marks) lost a quantity of gold.[5]

## See also

- [Estrées (disambiguation)](/source/Estr%C3%A9es_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PLB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PLB_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-PLB_1-2) ["Search result for "D'Estrees Bay (Bay)" (Record no SA0017650) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)""](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/). *Property Location Browser*. Government of South Australia. Archived from [the original](http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-chart11_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-chart11_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-chart11_2-2) South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), *The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs*, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart11, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7243-7603-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7243-7603-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-page119_3-0)** Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). ["South Australia's offshore islands"](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/5a7dbb25-70b9-4ceb-bbfd-a25800961994/offshore-islands-gen.pdf) (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. p. 119. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DP_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DP_4-1) ["Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014"](http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/249975/Kangaroo_Island_Council_Development_Plan.pdf) (PDF). [Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure](/source/Department_of_Planning%2C_Transport_and_Infrastructure). pp. 127 and 329–333. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Wreck of the Osmanli Steamer in D'Estrees Bay, Kangaroo Island"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48550316). *[South Australian Register](/source/South_Australian_Register)*. South Australia. 30 November 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Trove.

v t e Kangaroo Island Major townships American River Kingscote Parndana Penneshaw Beaches American Beach Baudin Beach Brown Beach D'Estrees Bay Emu Bay Island Beach Nepean Bay Vivonne Bay Coastal features Western end of island Cape Borda Cape du Couedic Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fides Bluff Maupertuis Bay Nepean Bay Pelican Lagoon Point Marsden Ravine des Casoars Stokes Bay Vivonne Bay Dudley Peninsula Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby Kangaroo Head Moncrieff Bay Pink Bay Protected areas National parks Flinders Chase Conservation parks Baudin Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Cygnet Estuary Dudley Kelly Hill Lashmar Lathami Lesueur Mount Taylor Nepean Bay Parndana Pelican Lagoon Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Vivonne Bay Marine parks Encounter Western Kangaroo Island Southern Kangaroo Island Wilderness Protection Areas Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Ravine des Casoars Western River Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast Beatrice Islets Busby Islet Casuarina Islets Douglas Rock Nobby Islet Paisley Islet Pelican Lagoon Islets Pelorus Islet Related and uncategorised 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires County of Carnarvon Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island Hundred of Dudley Kangaroo Island Council Kangaroo Island wine region Kingscote Airport Middle River Reservoir Category Commons

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

v t e Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries South Australia Cape Bedout Cape Borda Cape Bouguer Cape Carnot Casuarina Islets (Îlots du Cassuarina) Cape du Couedic D'Estrees Bay (Baie d'Estrées) Dorothee Island (Île Dorothée) Fenelon Island Fleurieu Peninsula Cape Forbin Cape Gantheaume Guichen Bay (Baie de Guichen) Jussieu Peninsula Lacepede Bay Masillon Island Maupertuis Bay (Baie Maupertuis) Ravine des Casoars Rivoli Bay (Baie de Rivoli) Cape Thevenard Veteran Isles (Île du Vétéran) Vivonne Bay (Baie Vivonne) Western Australia Adele Island Bernier Island Bonaparte Archipelago Bonaparte Gulf Cape Bossut Cape Bouvard Cape Clairault Faure Island Cape Freycinet Freycinet Harbour Gantheaume Point Geographe Bay Hamelin Pool Institut Islands Cape Keraudren Lagrange Bay Lancelin Island Cape Latouche Treville Legendre Island Cape Leveque L'Haridon Bight Cape Mentelle Middle Island (Îles du Milieu) Montalivet Islands Montebello Islands Cape Naturaliste Peron Peninsula Recherche Archipelago (Archipel de la Recherche) Taillefer Isthmus Thevenard Island Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets.

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