{{Use Australian English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}{{Infobox body of water | name = Murat Bay | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]], [[South Australia]] | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia#Australia |pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|32.12|S|133.62|E|region:AU-SA_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}} | type = [[Bay]] | etymology = [[Joachim Murat]] | part_of = [[Denial Bay]], [[Great Australian Bight]] | rivers = | oceans = | basin_countries = [[Australia]] | shore = | area = | depth = | cities = [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]], [[Denial Bay, South Australia|Denial Bay]] | reference =<ref name="PLB">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |accessdate=30 June 2017 |work=Property Location Browser Report |publisher=Government of South Australia |title=Placename Details: Murat Bay |id=SA0047865 |date=9 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | website = }} '''Murat Bay''' is a bay at the western end of [[Eyre Peninsula]] in [[South Australia]]. It is an inlet of the [[Great Australian Bight]]. The main town on the bay is [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]].
The [[Tourville and Murat Bays Important Bird Area]] includes Murat Bay.
Murat Bay was initially named ''Baie des Saints'' by [[Nicolas Baudin]],<ref name="PLB Saints">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |accessdate=30 June 2017 |work=Property Location Browser Report |publisher=Government of South Australia |title=Placename Details: Baie des Saints |id=SA0047118 |date=9 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and renamed to ''Baie Murat'' by [[François Péron]] and [[Louis de Freycinet]] on the [[Baudin expedition to Australia|same expedition]], named after [[Joachim Murat]], a [[Marshal of France]].<ref name="PLB Baie">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |accessdate=30 June 2017 |work=Property Location Browser Report |publisher=Government of South Australia |title=Placename Details: Baie Murat |id=SA0047870 |date=9 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As that name was in French, the current name is the English translation.
[[Matthew Flinders]] named the bay [[Denial Bay]], which is now the name of a small community on the western side of the bay. Murat Bay is the enclosed bay bounded by [[Cape Thevenard]] and Matts Point. Denial Bay is the larger body of water bounded by [[Nuyts Archipelago]] on the seaward side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/South-Australia/Ceduna/2005/02/17/1108500204196.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |title=Ceduna |date =8 February 2004 |accessdate=30 June 2017 }}</ref>
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{{Bays of South Australia}}
[[Category:Bays of South Australia]] [[Category:Great Australian Bight]] [[Category:Joachim Murat]]