Younghusband Peninsula
Younghusband Peninsula South Australia | |
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Coordinates | 35°35′8″S 138°57′18″E / 35.58556°S 138.95500°E |
Younghusband Peninsula is a long narrow peninsula in
River Murray from the Southern Ocean which including water bodies such as Encounter and Lacepede Bays. It lies entirely within the Coorong National Park. The peninsula is over [citation needed] 110 kilometres (68 mi) long, but less than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide at its widest point. Its narrowest point is less than 350 metres (1,150 ft) wide. The Younghusband Peninsula, together with the Sir Richard Peninsula on the western side of the Murray Mouth, are the coastal dune system that forms the continental coastline from near Goolwa in the north west to about 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Kingston SE in the south east. Younghusband Peninsula was named after William Younghusband, M.P.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia". PlaceNames Online: Gazetteer of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
- ^ "Younghusband Peninsula". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Coorong National Park Brochure" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6