Loveday Bay (South Australia)

Loveday Bay is an inlet in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south-eastern end of Lake Alexandrina on the west coast of the Narrung Peninsula.[2]

Loveday Bay
Loveday Bay
Location in South Australia
LocationLake Alexandrina, South Australia
Coordinates35°35′06″S 139°05′22″E[1]
TypeBay
Primary inflowsLake Alexandrina
Basin countriesAustralia

It is located within the locality of Narrung.[1] The bay has a subsidiary inlet on its south coast which is known as Salt Lagoon which includes the protected area, the Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park.[3]

It was named after early South Australian government surveyor Richard John Loveday.[4] The indigenous name for the head of Loveday Bay was Ngiakkung.[5] The southern end of the bay was traditionally used as a meeting place for intertribal trade.[6]

A jetty was built in Loveday Bay in 1923 and was demolished in 1949.[7][6]

References
  1. "Search results for 'Loveday Bay' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Barker (Geological Survey of South Australia)" (PDF). Mapping - PIRSA. Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. "Search results for 'Salt Lagoon' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (Third ed.). Axiom Publishing. p. 131.
  5. "Save the Murray: Restore the Estuary" (PDF). Australian Environment Foundation. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. "Place Names of South Australia" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. Khan, Amer. "Pier Reviewed: A Study of Port-related Structures in South Australia" (PDF). Flinders University. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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