Gulf St Vincent

Gulf St Vincent
Gulf St Vincent is the easternmost of the two inlets
Location	Australia
Coordinates	Coordinates: 35°S 138°E / 35°S 138°E / -35; 138
Type	Gulf
River sources	Bungala, Dry Creek, Field, Gawler, Gilbert, Light, Little Para River, Onkaparinga, Patawalonga, Port, Sturt, Torrens, Wakefield
Basin countries	Australia
Max. length	138.9 km (86.3 mi)
Max. width	61.15 km (38.00 mi)
Surface area	6,800 km2 (2,600 sq mi)
Average depth	21 m (69 ft)
Max. depth	40 m (130 ft)
Islands	Garden Island Troubridge Island Torrens Island
Settlements	Adelaide
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Gulf St Vincent is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by Yorke Peninsula on its west, the mainland and Fleurieu Peninsula to its east and with its entrance as being a line from Troubridge Point on Yorke Peninsula to Cape Jervis on Fleurieu Peninsula.

Adelaide, the South Australian capital, lies midway along the gulf's east coast. Other towns located on the gulf, from west to east include Edithburgh, Port Vincent, Ardrossan and Port Wakefield and Normanville. It was named "Gulph of St. Vincent" by Matthew Flinders on 30 March 1802, in honour of Admiral John Jervis (1st Earl of St Vincent). Prior to then, it had been known as Golphe Josephine.

The Adelaide Desalination Plant which is located on Gulf St Vincent's eastern shore in Lonsdale, South Australia, supplies the Adelaide metropolitan area with desalinated water from the gulf. It officially opened in 2013.

The Gulf teems with crustacea and polychaeta, as well as various species of sea squirts and sea urchins. The benthos is a soft sediment shelf, with species of zosteraceae around the mouth of the Port River.