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Spencer Gulf, the Glossary

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight.^[1]

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Adelaide city centre

Adelaide city centre (Tarndanya) is the inner city locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia.

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Arctocephalus forsteri

Arctocephalus forsteri (common names include the Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal) is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand.

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Arno Bay, South Australia

Arno Bay is a small fishing and tourist town on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, located on the Lincoln Highway about halfway between Whyalla and Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Arno Bay, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Arrium

Arrium was an Australian mining and materials company, employing nearly 10,000 workers, that went into voluntary administration in 2016 with debts of more than $2 billion.

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Australasian snapper

The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian sea lion

The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), also known as the Australian sea-lion or Australian sealion, is a species of sea lion that is the only endemic pinniped in Australia.

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Baudin expedition to Australia

The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of New Holland (now Australia).

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BHP

BHP, officially named BHP Group Limited and formerly known as BHP Billiton, is an Australian multinational mining and metals public company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

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Bicker Isles

The Bicker Isles are two small islands in Proper Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Bird Islands Conservation Park

Bird Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in eastern Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Aquatic Reserve

Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the waters of Spencer Gulf adjoining the localities of Blanche Harbor and Cultana on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula.

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Boston Island

Boston Island (Barngarla: Goorilyali) is a privately owned island in Boston Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Bottlenose dolphin

The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins.

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Braemar Alliance

The Braemar Alliance is a group of ASX-listed public and private mining and exploration companies with projects located in the Braemar region between Peterborough in South Australia and Broken Hill in neighboring New South Wales.

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Cape Barren goose

The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia.

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Cape Catastrophe

Cape Catastrophe is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located at the southeast tip of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula. Spencer Gulf and Cape Catastrophe are Eyre Peninsula.

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Cape Hardy

Cape Hardy is a high, dune-capped granite headland on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula and which protrudes into Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Cape Hardy are Eyre Peninsula.

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Cape Spencer (South Australia)

Cape Spencer is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south west tip of Yorke Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Inneston.

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Centrex Metals Limited is an Australian resources exploration and mining company.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Corny Point, South Australia

Corny Point is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about to the east of the north-western tip of the Yorke Peninsula.

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Cowell, South Australia

Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla. Spencer Gulf and Cowell, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Curlew Island (South Australia)

Curlew Island is a low mangrove-dominated island located near the head of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Curlew Island (South Australia) are Eyre Peninsula.

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Desalination

Desalination is a process that removes mineral components from saline water.

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Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park

Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park, formerly Innes National Park, is an IUCN-designated protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southwest tip of Yorke Peninsula about west of the state capital of Adelaide.

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Earl Spencer (title)

Earl Spencer is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 1 November 1765, along with the title Viscount Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northampton, for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer.

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Entrance Island (South Australia)

Entrance Island is a low island located inside the mouth of Franklin Harbor, Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Entrance Island (South Australia) are Eyre Peninsula.

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Eyre Peninsula

The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia.

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Eyre Yorke Block

The Eyre Yorke Block, also known as the Eyre and Yorke mallee, is an interim Australian (IBRA) bioregion and a World Wildlife Fund ecoregion covering part of the Eyre Peninsula and all of Yorke Peninsula as well as land to its immediate east in South Australia.

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Franklin Harbor Conservation Park

Franklin Harbor Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cowell about south of the town centre in Cowell. Spencer Gulf and Franklin Harbor Conservation Park are Eyre Peninsula.

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Franklin Harbor Marine Park

Franklin Harbor Marine Park is a marine park in Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Franklin Harbor Marine Park are Eyre Peninsula.

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Gambier Islands (South Australia)

The Gambier Islands are a small group of islands lying between the southern tips of the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas at the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

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Gambier Islands Conservation Park

Gambier Islands Conservation Park is a protected area associated with the Gambier Islands Group which is located in the middle of the mouth of Spencer Gulf in South Australia about south east of Port Lincoln.

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Gawler bioregion

Gawler is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia.

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George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician.

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Giant cuttlefish

The giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama), also known as the Australian giant cuttlefish, is the world's largest cuttlefish species, growing to in mantle length and up to in total length (total length meaning the whole length of the body including outstretched tentacles).

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Goose Island (South Australia)

Goose Island is a small (2 ha), rocky island lying about 550 m from the northern end of the much larger Wardang Island, off the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula, in the Spencer Gulf of South Australia.

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Goose Island Aquatic Reserve

Goose Island Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in waters adjoining the following island located in Spencer Gulf immediately north of Wardang Island and west of the town of Port Victoria - Goose Island, Little Goose Island and White Rock Island.

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Goose Island Conservation Park

Goose Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia, located on Goose Island and other islets in the vicinity of Wardang Island in Spencer Gulf.

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Government of South Australia

The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government or the SA Government, is the executive branch of the state of South Australia.

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Grantham Island

Grantham Island is an uninhabited island occupying 51 hectares of Proper Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Great Australian Bight

The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. Spencer Gulf and Great Australian Bight are coastline of South Australia.

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Great white shark

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.

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Grindal Island

Grindal Island (also referred to as Garden Island) is a island of the Taylor Islands group, located between the Jussieu Peninsula and Thistle Island near the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Gulf

A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean into a landmass, typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay.

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Gulf St Vincent

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. Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent are Aulacogens, Bodies of water of South Australia, coastline of South Australia, gulfs of Australia and IMCRA meso-scale bioregions.

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Harbor

A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

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Hopkins Island

Hopkins Island is an island located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia approximately south-east of Port Lincoln.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities.

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Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.

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Iron Road Limited

Iron Road Ltd is an Australian iron ore exploration and mining company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in Perth, Western Australia since 2008 with an objective to develop a world class magnetite mine and infrastructure in South Australia.

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Joy Baluch AM Bridge

The Joy Baluch AM Bridge is a bridge across Spencer Gulf between Port Augusta and Port Augusta West in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Joy Baluch AM Bridge are Eyre Peninsula.

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Jussieu Peninsula

Jussieu Peninsula is a peninsula located at the south east end of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Jussieu Peninsula are Eyre Peninsula.

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Lake Torrens

Lake Torrens (Kuyani: Ngarndamukia) is a large ephemeral, normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.

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Leven Beach Conservation Park

Leven Beach Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia, located on the north coast of the lower part of Yorke Peninsula within the boundaries of the gazetted localities of Point Souttar and The Pines about west north-west of Point Turton.

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Lewis Island (South Australia)

Lewis Island is an island located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia approximately south-east of Port Lincoln.

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Lincoln National Park

Lincoln National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south of the municipal seat of Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Lincoln National Park are Eyre Peninsula.

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Lipson Cove

Lipson Cove is a tranquil sandy bay in the Australian state of South Australia on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula overlooking Spencer Gulf. Spencer Gulf and Lipson Cove are Eyre Peninsula.

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Lipson Island Conservation Park

Lipson Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Lipson Island in Spencer Gulf about north northeast of Lipson.

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Little Island (South Australia)

Little Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula approximately south-east of Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Little Island (South Australia) are Eyre Peninsula.

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Little penguin

The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is a species of penguin from New Zealand.

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Louis de Freycinet

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer.

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Louth Bay, South Australia

Louth Bay (formerly Laurence) is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Louth Bay, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Louth Island

Louth Island (Nauo: Jorunu or Yoruna) is a 135 ha island located in Louth Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Lucky Bay, South Australia

Lucky Bay is a locality in the District Council of Franklin Harbour, on the Spencer Gulf coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.

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Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area

Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south east tip of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula and on a number of nearby islands about south-south east of Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area are Eyre Peninsula.

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Middle Island (South Australia)

Middle Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf within Pondalowie Bay on the south-western coast of Yorke Peninsula.

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Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.

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Munyaroo Conservation Park

Munyaroo Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Midgee located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula about south south-west of Whyalla and east north-east of Cowell. Spencer Gulf and Munyaroo Conservation Park are Eyre Peninsula.

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Myponie Point

Myponie Point (also known as Tickera Point) is a geographical feature in the locality of Wallaroo Plain, 10 kilometres north of Wallaroo in South Australia.

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Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas Thomas Baudin (17 February 175416 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific.

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Olympic Dam mine

The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia, NNW of Adelaide.

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Owen Island (South Australia)

Owen Island, formerly known as Rabbit Island and also known as Little Taylor Island, is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula approximately.

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Pirie–Torrens corridor

The Pirie–Torrens corridor is an approximately long intermittent watercourse that serves as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.

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Playford A Power Station

Playford A power station was the first power station built by the Electricity Trust of South Australia at Port Paterson, South Australia near Port Augusta in South Australia.

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Point Lowly

Point Lowly is the tip of a small peninsula north north-east of Whyalla in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia.

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Point Turton, South Australia

Point Turton is a coastal town west of Adelaide, South Australia.

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Pondalowie Bay

Pondalowie Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of the south-west tip of Yorke Peninsula in Spencer Gulf about west of Marion Bay.

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Port Augusta

Port Augusta (Goordnada in the revived indigenous Barngarla language) is a small coastal city in South Australia about by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Spencer Gulf and Port Augusta are Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Augusta West, South Australia

Port Augusta West is a suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Port Augusta West, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Bonython

Port Bonython is the location of a deepwater port, gas fractionation plant and diesel storage facility west of Point Lowly in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia.

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Port Broughton, South Australia

Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located at the northern extent of the Yorke Peninsula on the east coast of Spencer Gulf.

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Port Germein, South Australia

Port Germein is a small sea-side town in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of the city of Port Pirie on the eastern side of South Australia's Spencer Gulf overlooking Germein Bay.

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Port Hughes, South Australia

Port Hughes is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on northern Yorke Peninsula about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide.

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Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Port Lincoln are Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Neill, South Australia

Port Neill (formerly Carrow) is a small coastal town on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia about 3 km off the Lincoln Highway between the major towns of Whyalla and Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Port Neill, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Pirie

Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, north of the state capital, Adelaide.

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Port Rickaby, South Australia

Port Rickaby is a town on the Spencer Gulf coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.

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Port Spencer

Port Spencer is a proposed grain export port development project in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and port Spencer are Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Victoria, South Australia

Port Victoria (formerly Wauraltee) is a town on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.

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Project commissioning

Project commissioning is the process of ensuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the owner's or final client's operational requirements.

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Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to separate water molecules from other substances.

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Royston Island

Royston Island (also known as North Island) is an island in the Australian state of South Australia at the northern end of Pondalowie Bay on the south-west extremity of Yorke Peninsula about north-west of the town of Stenhouse Bay.

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SA Water

SA Water is a government business enterprise wholly owned by the Government of South Australia.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Shag Island (South Australia)

Shag Island is a low island located at the mouth of Fisherman Bay in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Shark cage diving

Shark cage diving is underwater diving or snorkeling where the observer remains inside a protective cage designed to prevent sharks from making contact with the divers.

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Sir Joseph Banks Group

The Sir Joseph Banks Group is an archipelago in the Australian state of South Australia located in Spencer Gulf about off the eastern coast of the Eyre Peninsula.

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Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park

Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Sir Joseph Banks Group in Spencer Gulf about east-northeast of Port Lincoln.

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Smith Island (South Australia)

Smith Island is an island located in Spencer Gulf off the east coast of Jussieu Peninsula on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia approximately south-east of Port Lincoln.

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South Australia

South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Island (South Australia)

South Island (also called Peter Island, South Islet and West Bay Island) is an island located in the Australian state of South Australia at the south end of Pondalowie Bay on the south-west extremity of Yorke Peninsula about north-west by west of the town of Stenhouse Bay.

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Spencer Gulf Important Bird Area

The Spencer Gulf Important Bird Area comprises a strip of coastal land extending for about along the north-eastern coast of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

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Sundrop Farms

Sundrop Farms is a developer, owner and operator of high tech greenhouse facilities which grow crops using methods which reduce reliance on finite natural resources when compared to conventional greenhouse production.

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Taylor Island

Taylor Island, also known as Taylor's Island, is the largest in a group of seven islands located between the Eyre Peninsula mainland and Thistle Island in the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

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Thistle Island

Thistle Island / Noondala is in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia, some west of Adelaide, and northwest of the Gambier Islands.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.

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Tiger pipefish

The tiger pipefish (Filicampus tigris) is a species of pipefish native to the marine waters around Australia at depths of from.

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Tumby Bay, South Australia

Tumby Bay is a coastal town situated on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, north of Port Lincoln. Spencer Gulf and Tumby Bay, South Australia are Eyre Peninsula.

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Tumby Island

Tumby Island is a low bedrock island located east of the southern tip of Tumby Bay (Tumby Point) in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Tumby Island are Eyre Peninsula.

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Tumby Island Conservation Park

Tumby Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Tumby Island in Spencer Gulf and located about southeast of the town of Tumby Bay.

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Wader

A flock of Dunlins and Red knots Waders or shorebirds are birds of the order Charadriiformes commonly found wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as aquatic insects or crustaceans.

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Wallaroo, South Australia

Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, northwest of Adelaide.

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Wardang Island

Wardang Island, also known as Waralti (also spelled Waraldi or Wauraltee) is a low-lying 20 km2 island in the Spencer Gulf close to the western coast of the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.

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Wedge Island (South Australia)

Wedge Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located within the island group known as the Gambier Islands near the entrance to Spencer Gulf.

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Weeroona Island

Weeroona Island is a 77 ha island in the Australian state of South Australia located in Germein Bay, Spencer Gulf between the city of Port Pirie and town of Port Germein.

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Whaler

A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.

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Whyalla

Whyalla is a city in South Australia. Spencer Gulf and Whyalla are Eyre Peninsula.

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Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the waters of Spencer Gulf adjoining the east coast of Eyre Peninsula.

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Whyalla Steelworks

The Whyalla Steelworks is a fully integrated steelworks and the only manufacturer of rail in Australia.

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Winninowie Conservation Park

Winninowie Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Upper Spencer Gulf about south by east of Port Augusta and northwest of Port Germein, in the locality of Miranda.

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Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve

Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia covering the full extent of Yatala Harbor on the east side of Spencer Gulf including land within the locality of Miranda which is subject to tidal inundation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Gulf

Also known as Golfe Bonaparte, Spencer's Gulf.

Spencer Gulf, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Aulacogens

Bodies of water of South Australia

Cenozoic rifts and grabens

Coastline of South Australia

Gulfs of Australia

IMCRA meso-scale bioregions

References