# Mangles Bay

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{{Short description|Bay in Western Australia}}
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thumb|Mangles Bay at sunset, seen from the Rockingham Foreshore
'''Mangles Bay''' ({{Coord|32|16|S|115|43|E|}}) is a [bay](/source/bay) of [Cockburn Sound](/source/Cockburn_Sound) in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) which opens out to the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean).  The town of [Rockingham](/source/Rockingham%2C_Western_Australia) is on its [coast](/source/coast), and the [causeway](/source/causeway) to [Garden Island](/source/Garden_Island%2C_Western_Australia) runs along its southern edge. The bay was named for the [Mangles family](/source/Mangles_family) and  Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), the wife of Lieutenant-Governor [James Stirling](/source/James_Stirling_(Royal_Navy_officer)).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Western Australia |journal=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia |date=April 1831 |volume=4 |issue=16 |page=290 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hancock |first1=Dennis |title=The Westerners: the making of Western Australia |location=Sydney |publisher=Bay Books |year=1979 |page=54 |isbn=978-0858352858 }}</ref>

The bay's seabed consists of the Mangles Bay shallows, which is covered in [seagrass meadow](/source/seagrass_meadow)s; and the Mangles Bay deep basin, a much deeper area slightly to the north.

Mangles Bay is a popular recreation area.  It is used for [fishing](/source/fishing), [water sports](/source/List_of_water_sports) such as [sailing](/source/sailing), [water skiing](/source/water_skiing), [boating](/source/boating) and [swimming](/source/swimming_(sport)), the ''[Lissa Solklint](/source/Lissa_Solklint)'' is permanently anchored here.

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== External links ==
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Category:Tourist attractions in Western Australia
Category:Bays of Western Australia

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