Germein Bay
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 Germein Bay
Location in South Australia
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| Location | Spencer Gulf, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°05′31″S 137°58′37″E / 33.092°S 137.977°ECoordinates: 33°05′31″S 137°58′37″E / 33.092°S 137.977°E |
| Type | Bay |
| Etymology | John Germein |
| Part of | Spencer Gulf |
| Primary inflows | Port Pirie River |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Designation | Marine park: Upper Spencer Gulf (part only) |
| Max. length | about 17 kilometres (11 mi) (east-west) |
| Max. width | about 17 kilometres (11 mi) ( north-south) |
| Max. depth | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Islands | Weeroona |
| Settlements |
Port Pirie Weeroona Island Port Germein (settlements listed from south to north) |
Germein Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located at the northern end Spencer Gulf on the gulf’s east coast to the immediate north of the city of Port Pirie. Its extent includes the port known as ‘Port Pirie’ and the former port of Port Germein. Since 2012, the majority of the bay has been within the protected area known as the Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park.
Germein Bay is located in South Australia at the northern end of Spencer Gulf on the gulf’s east coast to the immediate north of the city of Port Pirie. It lies between the headland of Point Jarrold at its southern extremity and Ward Spit, a shoal exposed at low tide, which extends west from Ward Point on the mainland at its northern extremity.
The bay’s south coastline consists of “thick mangroves with partially-flooded land behind; it is bordered by drying sand and mud flats, which dry for a distance of 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi).” The mangroves extend along the east side of the bay up to the southern side of a feature known both as Weeroona Island and as Mount Ferguson. The western side of Weeroona Island and the remainder of the coastline of the bay (not including Ward Spit) are “free of mangroves and dominated by low energy beaches fronted by wide sand flats.”
The bay’s coastline includes the following settlements - the city of Port Pirie on the west and south sides of the estuary of the Port Pirie River, Weeroona Island on Weeroona Island in the south-east corner of the bay and Port Germein in the north-east corner of the bay.
The bay is described in an American source as being “fouled by numerous shoals, banks, and shallow depths.” The middle of the bay is occupied by a shoal called Cockle Spit which is exposed at low tide. Water depths within the bay are less than 5 metres (16 ft) with exception to the part of the bay between Cockle Spit and Ward Spit in the bay’s northern side where depths are greater than 10 metres (33 ft) with a charted maximum depth of 15.2 metres (50 ft).
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