| Loveday Bay | |
|---|---|
  Loveday Bay Location in South Australia | |
| Location | Lake Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 35°35′06″S139°05′22″E / 35.585077°S 139.08937°E Coordinates: 35°35′06″S139°05′22″E / 35.585077°S 139.08937°E [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]
South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.
Lake Alexandrina is a freshwater lake located in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island and Murray Mallee regions of South Australia, adjacent to the coast of the Southern Ocean, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of Adelaide. The lake adjoins the smaller Lake Albert; together they are known as the Lower Lakes.
Nurrang Peninsula is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south east end of Lake Alexandrina. It is bounded by Lake Alexandrina to the west, by Lake Albert to the north and to the east, and by The Coorong to the south. While the name appears to have been in use since the 19th century and by all levels of government in South Australia, the name is not listed in the state government’s official list of placenames. Its extent is within the localities of Meningie West and Narrung.
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]
Narrung is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated at the northern extent of the Narrung Peninsula, which separates The Coorong from Lake Albert adjacent to The Narrows which separates Lake Albert from the larger Lake Alexandrina.
Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park is a protected area covering two islands and some adjoining waters in Salt Lagoon at the south east extent of Lake Alexandrina in South Australia about 14 kilometres south-west of Narrung.
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]
Richard John Loveday (1818–1883) was a government surveyor during the early settlement of South Australia.
A jetty was built in Loveday Bay in 1923 and was demolished in 1949. [7] [6]
