Yankalilla Bay

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Yankalilla Bay is a long, wide bay in south-eastern South Australia, on the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is on the south-eastern coast of the Gulf St Vincent, [1] as it opens into the Southern Ocean. [2]

Three rivers discharge into the bay: the Bungala River, Yankalilla River (whose mouth is at Lady Bay) and Carrickalinga Creek. The rivers can adversely affect the ecology of the sea, in particular the health of the reef and seagrass. Normanville Beach and Carrickalinga Reef. [1] [3]

Yankalilla Bay is known for being the site of the ship's graveyard of HMAS Hobart, which was scuttled on 5 November 2002 off the coast between Wirrina Cove and Normanville to create a dive wreck and artificial reef. Its official name is the Fleurieu Artificial Reef. [4] [5] The HMAS Hobart Memorial Lookout is located at Little Gorge. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bryars, Simon (2014). Nearshore seagrass and reef condition in Yankalilla Bay (Report). Report to the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.
  2. "Map of Yankalilla Bay, SA". Bonzle. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. Tanner, J.E.; Theil, M.J. (April 2016). Seagrass biodiversity surveys in Yankalilla Bay. Final report prepared for the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board (Report). SARDI Publication No. F2016/000099-1; SARDI Research Report Series No. 890. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences).
  4. "Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database: View Shipwreck - Hobart". Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment . Retrieved 22 November 2020. CC-BY icon.svg Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
  5. "Yankalilla Bay Ships' Graveyard". Government of South Australia. Department for Environment and Water. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. "HMAS Memorial Lookout". Google Maps. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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