Sleaford Bay

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Sleaford Bay
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Sleaford Bay, ca 1935
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Sleaford Bay
Location in South Australia
Location Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Coordinates 34°53′54″S135°46′02″E / 34.898337°S 135.76709°E / -34.898337; 135.76709 [2]
Type Bay
Etymology Sleaford, Lincolnshire [3]
Basin  countries Australia
DesignationMarine park [2]
Max. lengthabout 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) [4]
Max. widthabout 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) [4]
Max. depthabout 53 metres (174 ft) [4]
Islands one [5]
Settlements Sleaford [2]
Lincoln National Park [2]

Sleaford Bay is a bay located in the Australian state of South Australia on the southern coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was named by the British navigator, Matthew Flinders in 1802.

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Extent & description

Sleaford Bay is located on the south coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Port Lincoln. [2]

It lies between the headland of Cape Wiles at its western extremity and headland of Cape Tournefort at its eastern extremity. A subsidiary bay named Fishery Bay is located on its west side about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Cape Wiles. [5]

History

The bay was named after the town of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England by the British navigator, Matthew Flinders in 1802. [3]

The Barngarla name for Sleaford Bay is Dhanana. [1] :78

The Baudin expedition who visited after Flinders gave it two names – Baudin used the name Anse des Nerlans while Peron and Freycinet revised it to Baie Lavoisier after Baudin's death. [2]

A whaling station located on the coastline within Fishery Bay was in operation from 1839 to 1841. [6]

Settlements and infrastructure

The coastline of Sleaford Bay is occupied by the locality of Sleaford in the west and by the locality of Lincoln National Park in the east. [2]

As of 2005, port infrastructure within the bay consisted of a boat ramp located in Fishery Bay. [7]

Proposed seawater desalination plant

In 2018, a proposal to construct a 3 gigalitre per year seawater desalination plant at Sleaford Bay[ where? ] was announced. Land was purchased in July and the project was expected to cost $80 million to complete. [8] [9] The location is one of several prospects previously earmarked by SA Water in 2009. [10] In 2020, the site in the north of the bay near Sleaford Mere Conservation Park was ruled too costly. After a second site closer to Port Lincoln was opposed by commercial fisheries in 2021, a committee was set up which chose a site between Fishery Bay and Sleaford Bay in 2022, with the capacity increased to 5.3-gigalitres. [11]

Protected area status

The Thorny Passage Marine Park occupies the full extent of the bay while the Lincoln National Park extents to Mean Low Water Mark on its eastern side. [12] [13]

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