# Maupertuis Bay

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Bay in Flinders Chase, South Australia

Maupertuis Bay Maupertuis Bay Location in South Australia Location Flinders Chase, South Australia[1] Coordinates 35°59′46″S 136°39′36″E / 35.996°S 136.66°E / -35.996; 136.66[1] Type Bay Primary inflows Rocky River Basin countries Australia Max. length 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)[2] Max. width about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)[2] Average depth 30–60 metres (98–197 ft)[2]

**Maupertuis Bay** ([French](/source/French_language): ***Baie Maupertuis***) is a [bay](/source/Bay) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located on the south-west coastline of [Kangaroo Island](/source/Kangaroo_Island).[1]

It faces to the south-west and extends for a distance of about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from an unnamed headland in the north-west to [Cape du Couedic](/source/Cape_du_Couedic) in the south-east.[2] Its coastline is located within the locality of [Flinders Chase](/source/Flinders_Chase%2C_South_Australia).[1]

Rivers draining into the bay includes the [Rocky River](/source/Rocky_River_(Kangaroo_Island)) which rises from within a catchment located in both the [Flinders Chase National Park](/source/Flinders_Chase_National_Park) and the [Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area](/source/Ravine_des_Casoars_Wilderness_Protection_Area).[3]

*Maupertuis Bay* was named after mathematician and philosopher [Pierre Louis Maupertuis](/source/Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis) by the French explorer [Nicolas Baudin](/source/Nicolas_Baudin).[4]

On 24 April 1899, the Scottish [barque](/source/Barque) *[Loch Sloy](/source/Loch_Sloy)* was wrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay[5] resulting in the deaths of all but three of its 32 crew and passengers.

Since 2012, the waters of the bay have been located within a "habitat protection zone" with the [Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park](/source/Western_Kangaroo_Island_Marine_Park_(state_waters)) which is managed by the Government of South Australia.[6]

## See also

- [Maupertuis (disambiguation)](/source/Maupertuis_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-3) ["Search results for "Maupertuis Bay, Bay" with the following datasets selected – 'Surface Water Catchments', 'NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries', 'State Marine Park Network Zoning', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'"](http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=136.72984&y=-36.00885&z=12&uids=161,42,50,19,105&pinx=136.658640&piny=-35.995840&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Maupertuis+Bay,+Bay). *Location SA Map Viewer*. South Australian Government. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dmh_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dmh_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dmh_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dmh_2-3) *The Waters of South Australia*. Port Adelaide: Department of Marine and Harbors, Government of South Australia. 1985. p. chart 14. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7243-7603-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7243-7603-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DWLBC_3-0)** ["Groundwater - surface water interactions on Kangaroo Island, Progress report 1: Rocky River shallow piezometer drilling program"](https://www.waterconnect.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/DEWNR/ki_dwlbc_report_2008_22.pdf) (PDF). *WaterConnect*. Government of South Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The discovery and exploration of Australia"](http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/discovery/names2.htm). *australia for everyone*. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Wreck of the Loch Sloy"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14214023). *Sydney Morning Herald*. 12 May 1899. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mp_6-0)** ["Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park Management Plan 2012"](https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/marine_parks/final_management_plans/mp-gen-16westernkangarooisland-managementplan.pdf) (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia. 2012. pp. 3, 5 & map 04. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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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