# Laura Bay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Laura_Bay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Laura_Bay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bay > Source revision: 1350269358 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the bay in the South Australia. For the associated locality, see [Laura Bay, South Australia](/source/Laura_Bay%2C_South_Australia). Bay in South Australia Laura Bay Laura Bay Location in South Australia Location South Australia Coordinates 32°14′42″S 133°48′43″E / 32.245°S 133.812°E / -32.245; 133.812[1] Type Bay Etymology Laura, daughter of Bloomfield Douglas[2] Part of Great Australian Bight Basin countries Australia Designation Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park[3] Max. length about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) (west-east)[4] Max. width about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) (north-south)[4] Settlements Laura Bay **Laura Bay** is a [bay](/source/Bay) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) on the west coast of [Eyre Peninsula](/source/Eyre_Peninsula), about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of [Ceduna](/source/Ceduna%2C_South_Australia).[2][1] Laura Bay is an inlet that opens into the northern end of the larger [Smoky Bay](/source/Smoky_Bay), and which is about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northeast of the headland of [Cape D'Estrees](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_D%27Estrees&action=edit&redlink=1). Its depth is less than 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) at chart datum.[4] It is described as:[5] . . . a small semicircular south facing bay, 1 km wide at the mouth, widening to 2 km inside. It is very protected from ocean waves and usually calm conditions prevail at the three shelly beaches, each fronted by a few hundred metres wide sand and tidal flats, and bordered and backed by stands of low mangroves. The bay was reportedly named for Laura Douglas, the daughter of [William Bloomfield Douglas](/source/William_Bloomfield_Douglas) who surveyed the bay for the [Government of South Australia](/source/Government_of_South_Australia) in 1858.[2] Laura Bay was used as a port facility from at least 1894 to at least 1937. Farm produce was delivered there from as far away as 30 kilometres (19 mi), onto watercraft known as [lighters](/source/Lighter_(barge)), which then moved it to vessels anchored in deeper water. In 1911, a jetty of about 14.3 metres (47 ft) length was built and was used until 1937, when it was demolished.[2] Since 2012, the bay has been part of the [protected area](/source/Protected_area) of [Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuyts_Archipelago_Marine_Park&action=edit&redlink=1).[3] ## See also - [Laura (disambiguation)](/source/Laura_(disambiguation)) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PLB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PLB_1-1) ["Search result for "Laura Bay" (BAY) (Record Number SA0038892) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)""](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/). Government of South Australia. Archived from [the original](http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-collins39_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-collins39_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-collins39_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-collins39_2-3) Collins, Neville C (2005), *The jetties of South Australia : past and present*, Neville Collins, p. 39, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9580482-2-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9580482-2-4) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-marinepark_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-marinepark_3-1) ["Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park"](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/marine_parks/final_maps/marine-park-02-nuyts-archipelago-map.pdf) (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-chart43_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-chart43_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-chart43_4-2) 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. chart 43, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7243-7603-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7243-7603-2) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SLSA_5-0)** ["Laura Bay (east) (unpatrolled beach)"](https://beachsafe.org.au/beach/sa1248). *Beachsafe*. Surf Life Saving Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2016. ## External links - [Ceduna Online](https://cedunaonline.com.au) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200923053807/https://cedunaonline.com.au/) 23 September 2020 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 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 This South Australia geography article is a stub. 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