# Murat Bay

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Bay in Ceduna, South Australia

Murat Bay Murat Bay Show map of South Australia Murat Bay Show map of Australia Location Ceduna, South Australia Coordinates 32°07′S 133°37′E / 32.12°S 133.62°E / -32.12; 133.62 Type Bay Etymology Joachim Murat Part of Denial Bay, Great Australian Bight Basin countries Australia Settlements Ceduna, Denial Bay References [1]

**Murat Bay** is a bay at the western end of [Eyre Peninsula](/source/Eyre_Peninsula) in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). It is an inlet of the [Great Australian Bight](/source/Great_Australian_Bight). The main town on the bay is [Ceduna](/source/Ceduna%2C_South_Australia).

The [Tourville and Murat Bays Important Bird Area](/source/Tourville_and_Murat_Bays_Important_Bird_Area) includes Murat Bay.

Murat Bay was initially named *Baie des Saints* by [Nicolas Baudin](/source/Nicolas_Baudin),[2] and renamed to *Baie Murat* by [François Péron](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_P%C3%A9ron) and [Louis de Freycinet](/source/Louis_de_Freycinet) on the [same expedition](/source/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia), named after [Joachim Murat](/source/Joachim_Murat), a [Marshal of France](/source/Marshal_of_France).[3] As that name was in French, the current name is the English translation.

[Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders) named the bay [Denial Bay](/source/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](/source/Cape_Thevenard) and Matts Point. Denial Bay is the larger body of water bounded by [Nuyts Archipelago](/source/Nuyts_Archipelago) on the seaward side.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PLB_1-0)** ["Placename Details: Murat Bay"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/). *Property Location Browser Report*. Government of South Australia. 9 February 2011. SA0047865. Archived from [the original](http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PLB_Saints_2-0)** ["Placename Details: Baie des Saints"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/). *Property Location Browser Report*. Government of South Australia. 9 June 2010. SA0047118. Archived from [the original](http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PLB_Baie_3-0)** ["Placename Details: Baie Murat"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/). *Property Location Browser Report*. Government of South Australia. 9 February 2011. SA0047870. Archived from [the original](http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ceduna"](http://www.smh.com.au/news/South-Australia/Ceduna/2005/02/17/1108500204196.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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