Storm Bay
Bay in Tasmania, Australia
43°10′12″S 147°26′24″E / 43.17000°S 147.44000°E / -43.17000; 147.44000
The Storm Bay is a large bay in the south-east region of Tasmania, Australia.
The bay is the river mouth to the Derwent River estuary and serves as the main port of Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.
The bay is bordered by Bruny Island to the west, the South Arm Peninsula to the north, and the Tasman Peninsula to the east; with its outflow to the Tasman Sea, and thereafter to the South Pacific Ocean.
The first European to reach Storm Bay was Abel Tasman in 1642.
See also
- Geography of Tasmania
References
- ^ "Storm Bay (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
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- Nova Hollandia / Nieuw Holland
- Coen River
- Staaten River (Staten Rivier)
- Gulf of Carpentaria
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- Vanderlin Island (Cap Vanderlin)
- Groote Eylandt
- Arnhem Land (Arnhems Landt)
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- Pelsaert Island
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- St Francis Island (Eyland St. Francois)
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- De Witt Island
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- Pedra Branca2
- Storm Bay
- Maria Island (Maria's Eylandt)
- Schouten Island (Schoute Eylandt)
- Notes: 1with the name still in use in either original or Anglicised version
- 2Named by the Dutch, but a Portuguese name
- Many names have been Anglicised; for these the original Dutch name appears in brackets