# Fides Bluff

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Place in South Australia

Place in South Australia, Australia

Fides Bluff Fides Bluff Coordinates: 35°41′49″S 136°50′18″E / 35.69694°S 136.83833°E / -35.69694; 136.83833 Country Australia State South Australia Location 70 km (43 mi) west of Kingscote

**Fides Bluff** is a [headland](/source/Headland) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located on the north coast of [Kangaroo Island](/source/Kangaroo_Island) in the gazetted locality of [De Mole River](/source/De_Mole_River%2C_South_Australia) about 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of the municipal seat of [Kingscote](/source/Kingscote%2C_South_Australia).[1]

It was named by the Government of South Australia on 23 October 2003 to commemorate the loss of the Finnish [barque](/source/Barque) *Fides* which was wrecked on the nearby coastline on 22 May 1860 with the loss of her captain and 10 of her 14 crew. A plaque was unveiled at Fides Bluff by [Mike Rann](/source/Mike_Rann), the [Premier of South Australia](/source/Premier_of_South_Australia), and Anneli Puura-Märkälä, the [Finnish Ambassador to Australia](/source/Embassy_of_Finland_to_Australia) on 7 December 2003 to commemorate the naming of the headland.[2][3][4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-plb_1-0)** ["Search result for "Fides Bluff (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0064631) with the following layers being 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 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Geographical Names Act 1991 - Notice to Assign a Name to a Place"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110406090722/http://www.governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/2003/October/2003_101.pdf) (PDF). *The South Australian Government Gazette*. The Government of South Australia (GSA): 3860. 23 October 2003. Archived from [the original](http://www.governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/2003/october/2003_101.pdf) (PDF) on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Chapman, Gifford D. (2007), *Kangaroo Island shipwrecks : an account of the ships and cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island*, Gifford Chapman, pp. 25 & 30, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-646-47779-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-646-47779-4)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Report to Parliament on the Planning Strategy For South Australia 2003 - 2004"](https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/15753/Report_to_Parl_on_Planning_Strategy_2003_2004.pdf) (PDF). Planning SA. September 2004. p. 47. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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