# Rivoli Bay

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Bay in Limestone Coast, South Australia

Rivoli Bay 772 metres (2,533 ft) long jetty at Beachport Rivoli Bay Location in South Australia Location Limestone Coast, South Australia Coordinates 37°31′00″S 140°04′12″E / 37.516594°S 140.070026°E / -37.516594; 140.070026[1] Type Bay Basin countries Australia Max. length 11.5 km (7.1 mi).[2] Max. width 4 km (2.5 mi)[2] Max. depth 16.5 m (54 ft)[2] Islands Penguin Island Settlements Beachport Southend

**Rivoli Bay** ([French](/source/French_language): *Baie de Rivoli*) is a [bay](/source/Bay) located on the south-east coast of the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), about 311 kilometres (193 miles) south-southeast of the state capital of [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide_city_centre) and about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest by west of the regional centre of [Mount Gambier](/source/Mount_Gambier). It was named in 1802 by the [Baudin expedition of 1800–03](/source/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia) after [André Masséna](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Mass%C3%A9na), the Duke of Rivoli and Marshal of France. It is one of four '[historic bays](/source/Historic_waters)' located on the South Australian coast.

## Extent and description

Rivoli Bay lies between Glenns Point or Cape Martin[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] at its northwestern extremity and **Cape Buffon** at its southeastern extremity, on the south-east coast of South Australia. The central part of the bay is described as "obstructed by numerous reefs, rocky patches, and shoals and is dangerous for navigation" and as having "a sandy beach". A small island named [Penguin Island](/source/Penguin_Island_(South_Australia)) of 16 metres (52 feet) height is located immediately adjacent to Cape Martin.[2][3]

Rivoli Bay is one of four bays on the South Australian coast considered by the [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) to be a "historic bay" under the *Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973* and was proclaimed as such in 1987 and again in 2006 and in 2016, with the result that the mouth of the bay is on the [territorial seas baseline](/source/Baseline_(sea)) and the waters within the bay are [internal waters](/source/Internal_waters) as per the definition used in [United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea](/source/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea).[4][5][6]

[Navigation aids](/source/Navigational_aid) are located at both ends of the bay, with a lighthouse known as the [Cape Martin Lighthouse](/source/Cape_Martin_Lighthouse) on the north headland near Cape Martin and a light on the south headland at Cape Buffon.[2][7][8]

## European discovery

Map of Rivoli Bay, 1882

Rivoli Bay was named in 1802 by [Peron](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_P%C3%A9ron) and [Freycinet](/source/Louis_de_Freycinet) of the Baudin expedition of 1800–03 after [André Masséna](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Mass%C3%A9na), the Duke of Rivoli and Marshal of France.[1][9]

A shore-based whaling station operated in Rivoli Bay[*[where?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names))*] from the late 1830s and into the 1840s.[10] It was initially operated by [William Dutton](/source/William_Dutton_(captain)) and the [Henty family](/source/Henty_Brothers), who were associated with bay whaling at [Portland Bay](/source/Portland_Bay).

[Australian sea lions](/source/Australian_sea_lion) were hunted in Rivoli Bay for their skins in the 1870s.[11]

## Ports and other settlements

The following two [settlements](/source/Human_settlement) are located on its shores: [Beachport](/source/Beachport) and [Southend](/source/Southend%2C_South_Australia). Both settlements have port infrastructure consisting of jetties.[2]

## Protected areas

The following [protected areas](/source/Protected_area) adjoin the bay's extent: the [Canunda National Park](/source/Canunda_National_Park) and the [Penguin Island Conservation Park](/source/Penguin_Island_Conservation_Park).[12][13]

## See also

- [Rivoli (disambiguation)](/source/Rivoli_(disambiguation))

- [Penguin Island Lighthouse](/source/Penguin_Island_Lighthouse)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LMV_1-1) ["Search results for 'Rivoli Bay' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'"](http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.09068&y=-37.51845&z=13&uids=19,105&pinx=140.071420&piny=-37.515140&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Rivoli+Bay,+Bay). *Location SA Map Viewer*. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Chart3_2-5) South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), *The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs*, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 3, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7243-7603-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7243-7603-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pub175_3-0)** [*Sailing Directions (Enroute),*Pub. 175:*North, West, and South Coasts of Australia*](https://msi.nga.mil/api/publications/download?key=16694491/SFH00000/Pub175bk.pdf&type=view) (PDF). *[Sailing Directions](/source/Sailing_Directions)*. [United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency). 2017. p. 230.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Article 8 Internal waters, Part II, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea"](https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm). United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Issued by the authority of the Attorney-General, Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, Seas and Submerged Lands (Historic Bays) Proclamation 2006"](http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2006L00526/Explanatory%20Statement/Text). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Seas and Submerged Lands (Historic Bays) Proclamation 2016"](https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L00301). Commonwealth of Australia. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["S.A. - Cape Buffon"](http://www.maizels.nu/lights/sa/cape_buffon/). Grant P. Maizels. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The Cape Martin Lighthouse at Beachport"](http://www.lighthouses.org.au/lights/SA/Cape%20Martin/Cape%20Martin.htm). Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Manning_9-0)** Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). ["Rivoli Bay (in placenames starting with 'R')"](http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/R.pdf) (PDF). *A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill With 54 Complementary Appendices*. Gould Genealogy & History. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Kostoglou, Parry; McCarthy, Justin (1991). *Whaling and sealing sites in South Australia*. Fremantle, WA: Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. p. 46.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["NATURALIST"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162682274). *Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912)*. 16 June 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [*Canunda National Park Management Plan*](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/c37365b2-130b-4e09-8b80-9e4f00b17a4b/PARKS_PDFS_CANUNDA_NP_MP.pdf) (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. 1990. p. 3. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [*Small Coastal Parks of the South East Management Plan*](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b92dc434-54d2-410c-b414-9e4f00b1f557/PARKS_PDFS_SML_COAST_PKS_SE_MP.pdf) (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

v t e Limestone Coast, South Australia Cities Mount Gambier Towns and localities Allendale East Beachport Bordertown Cape Jaffa Carpenter Rocks Coonawarra Donovans Furner Glencoe Greenways Kalangadoo Kingston SE Keith Kongorong Lucindale Millicent Moorak Mount Benson Mount Burr Mundulla Nangwarry Naracoorte OB Flat Padthaway Penola Port MacDonnell Rendelsham Robe Southend Tantanoola Tarpeena Wandilo Wolseley Wrattonbully Yahl Governance Federal division Division of Barker State electoral districts Electoral district of MacKillop Electoral district of Mount Gambier Local Government City of Mount Gambier District Council of Grant District Council of Robe Kingston District Council Naracoorte Lucindale Council Tatiara District Council Wattle Range Council Hills, mountains and volcanoes Mount Benson Mount Gambier Mount Schank Caves, sinkholes and freshwater lakes Blanche Cave Blue Lake Cave Gardens Engelbrecht Ewens Ponds Fossil Cave Lake Bonney SE Little Blue Lake Piccaninnie Ponds Valley Lake Islands Baudin Rocks Penguin Coastal features Cape Banks Cape Jaffa Cape Northumberland Discovery Bay (part only) Guichen Bay Lacepede Bay Margaret Brock Reef Rivoli Bay Protected areas National parks Canunda Coorong (southern end only) Naracoorte Caves Conservation parks Aberdour Baudin Rocks Bangham Beachport Belt Hill Big Heath Butchers Gap Calectasia Carpenter Rocks Christmas Rocks Custon Desert Camp Dingley Dell Douglas Point Ewens Ponds Fairview Furner Geegeela Glen Roy Gower Grass Tree Guichen Bay Gum Lagoon Hacks Lagoon Hanson Scrub Jip Jip Kungari Lake Frome Lake Hawdon South Lake St Clair Little Dip Lower Glenelg River Mary Seymour Mount Monster Mount Scott Mullinger Swamp Nene Valley Ngarkat Padthaway Paranki Lagoon Penambol Penguin Island Penola Piccaninnie Ponds Pine Hill Soak Reedy Creek Talapar Tantanoola Caves Telford Scrub Tilley Swamp Vivigani Ardune Woakwine Wolseley Common Game reserves Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Lake Robe Poocher Swamp Conservation reserves Desert Camp Bernouilli Hardings Springs Marine parks Upper South East Lower South East Related and uncategorised Limestone Coast zone Coonawarra Mount Benson Mount Gambier Robe Padthaway Wrattonbully

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.

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

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