Loveday Bay (South Australia)

Loveday Bay
Loveday Bay
Location in South Australia
Location Lake Alexandrina, South Australia
Coordinates 35°35′06″S 139°05′22″E / 35.585077°S 139.08937°E / -35.585077; 139.08937Coordinates: 35°35′06″S 139°05′22″E / 35.585077°S 139.08937°E / -35.585077; 139.08937[1]
Type Bay
Primary inflows Lake Alexandrina
Basin countries Australia

Loveday Bay is an inlet in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south-eastern end of Lake Alexandrina on the west coast of the Narrung Peninsula.[2]

It is located within the locality of Narrung.[1] The bay has a subsidiary inlet on its south coast which is known as Salt Lagoon which includes the protected area, the Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park.[3]

It was named after early South Australian government surveyor Richard John Loveday.[4] The indigenous name for the head of Loveday Bay was Ngiakkung.[5] The southern end of the bay was traditionally used as a meeting place for intertribal trade.[6]

A jetty was built in Loveday Bay in 1923 and was demolished in 1949.[7][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Search results for 'Loveday Bay' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Barker (Geological Survey of South Australia)" (PDF). Mapping - PIRSA. Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Search results for 'Salt Lagoon' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (Third ed.). Axiom Publishing. p. 131.
  5. ↑ "Save the Murray: Restore the Estuary" (PDF). Australian Environment Foundation. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Place Names of South Australia" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Khan, Amer. "Pier Reviewed: A Study of Port-related Structures in South Australia" (PDF). Flinders University. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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