Calca Peninsula
| Calca Peninsula South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Calca Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 33°7′18″S 134°16′52.5″E / 33.12167°S 134.281250°ECoordinates: 33°7′18″S 134°16′52.5″E / 33.12167°S 134.281250°E |
Calca Peninsula (also known as Freeman Peninsula) is a peninsula located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia from about 27 kilometres (17 mi) to about 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the town of Streaky Bay.[1]
It extends in a south easterly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Searcy Bay and the Great Australian Bight to the west, Anxious Bay to the south east and Baird Bay to the north east. Its extremities include Point Labatt in the west and Cape Radstock in the south. It is located in the gazetted locality of Sceale Bay.[1][2][3]
Its name is derived from a local aboriginal word for stars while its variant name, Freeman Peninsula, is derived from the Freeman family who held land on the peninsula until 1982.[1][4]
Its extent includes the following protected areas - Point Labatt Conservation Park and the southern end of the Searcy Bay Conservation Park. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park.[2][5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Search result for "Calca Peninsula" (Record no. SA0011589) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- 1 2 South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Far West District; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995), Point Labatt Conservation Park management plan, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, pp. 1–2
- ↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. Chart 39, ISBN 0-7243-7603-8
- ↑ "Search results for "Freeman" Peninsula Record no.SA0025013)with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26/26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.