Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature)

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Emu Bay
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Emu Bay in the distance, with Burne Port in the foreground.
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Emu Bay
Location in Tasmania
LocationNorth West Tasmania
Coordinates 41°03′49″S145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528
Type Embayment
River sources Emu River
Primary outflows Bass Strait
Settlements Burnie

Emu Bay is a bay on the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The bay is fed by the Emu River and empties into Bass Strait. [1] The bay is adjacent to the city of Burnie, Tasmania, which was also originally named Emu Bay but later renamed for William Burnie a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s.

See also

References

  1. "Map of Blythe River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.