Gulf St Vincent

Coordinates: 35°S 138°E / 35°S 138°E / -35; 138
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Gulf St Vincent
Sturt, Torrens, Wakefield
Basin countriesAustralia
Max. length138.9 km (86.3 mi)[1]
Max. width61.15 km (38.00 mi)[1]
Surface area6,800 km2 (2,600 sq mi)[2]
Average depth21 m (69 ft)[2]
Max. depth40 m (130 ft)[3]
IslandsGarden Island
Troubridge Island
Torrens Island
SettlementsAdelaide
References[4]
Gulf St Vincent (foreground) and Yorke Peninsula, facing south west

Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Spencer Gulf, from which it is separated by Yorke Peninsula. On its eastern side the gulf is bordered by the Adelaide Plains and the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Description

The St Vincent basin is formed from

Gondwanaland broke up and Australia separated from Antarctica, causing a number of basins to form along the southern Australian coastline. Around 40 million years ago a number of blocks formed with the Mount Lofty Ranges rising to the east of the St Vincent basin. At the end of the Last Glacial Maximum around 10,000-15,000 years ago, the sea levels rose and covered the St. Vincent basin.[6]

Location

To the south it is defined by a line from

Edithburgh, Port Vincent, Ardrossan and Port Wakefield and Normanville
.

History

The

Aboriginal name given to it by the original inhabitants of the area, the Kaurna people was Wongajerla,[7] also spelt Wongga Yerlo[8] or Wonggayerlo, meaning "western sea".[9]

It was named Gulph of St. Vincent by

Josephine Bonaparte.[12][7]

Due to Flinders' lengthy imprisonment on Mauritius during his return to England, the publication of Baudin's map preceded that of Flinders by three years.

The Adelaide Desalination Plant which is located on Gulf St Vincent's eastern shore in Lonsdale, supplies the Adelaide metropolitan area with desalinated water from the gulf. It officially opened in 2013.[13][14]

Environment

The Gulf teems with

cardinalfish genus Vincentia takes its name from Gulf St Vincent where the type specimen of its type species was collected.[15]

Gallery

  • Seahorse beneath Edithburgh Jetty
    Seahorse beneath Edithburgh Jetty
  • Striped Pyjama squid mating under Edithburgh jetty
    Striped Pyjama squid mating under Edithburgh jetty
  • Hermit crab beneath Edithburgh jetty
    Hermit crab beneath Edithburgh jetty
  • Rock ling beneath Edithburgh jetty
    Rock ling beneath Edithburgh jetty

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence (reproduced by the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service) (1983). Gulf of St Vincent and approaches (chart no. 1762).
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-9596627-0-2
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
  4. ^ "Place Name Search: Gulf St Vincent". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. doi:10.1080/00167615708728486
    .
  6. ^ SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COAST PROTECTION BOARD. "The Adelaide Metropolitan Coastline" (PDF). South Australian Department of Environment and Water.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-646-52043-8. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Tjilbruke Story". Port Adelaide Enfield. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Wonggayerlo 'Western sea' (Gulf St Vincent)". City of Charles Sturt. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ Matthew Flinders. "South coast. Gulph of St. Vincent". A voyage to Terra Australis. State Library of South Australia. p. 180. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  11. ISBN 978-0-7270-1913-4
    .
  12. ISBN 9400770189
    )
  13. ^ "Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP)". SA Water. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Adelaide Desalination Plant (Port Stanvac)". ACCIONA Australia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  15. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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