Geelvink Channel

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} thumb|right|300px|Geelvink Channel from map of 1897 '''Geelvink Channel''' is a feature to the east of the Houtman Abrolhos in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, that lies between the Abrolhos and the port of Geraldton.<ref>Notice to mariners by Staff Commander Coghlan re dangers of the channel 01 Oct 1886 - {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76213951 |title=GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. |newspaper=The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) |location=Perth, WA |date=1 October 1886 |access-date=28 December 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

It is a feature that has whale movements and oil and gas exploration researched for effects of seismic exploration methods.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwr.org.au/research/oilandgas/geraldton.html |title=Geraldton/Geelvink Channel Surveys |access-date=28 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706124612/http://www.cwr.org.au/research/oilandgas/geraldton.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Coord|28|34|S|113|58|E|display=title|scale:25000_region:AU-WA_type:waterbody|notes=<ref name="GA 1996">''Gazetteer of Australia'' (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.</ref><ref name="Gazetteer 268915">{{Gazetteer of Australia | name = Geelvink Channel | id = 268915}}</ref>}}

==Charts== * {{Citation | author1=Australian Hydrographic Service | title=Houtman Abrolhos and Geelvink Channel, Australia - west coast, Western Australia | publication-date=2012 | publisher=Australian Hydrographic Service | edition=Ed. no. 2, 29 Jun. 2012 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/169411766 | access-date=28 December 2013 }}

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