Calca Peninsula

This article is about the peninsula in South Australia. For the nearby locality, see Calca, South Australia.

Calca Peninsula (also known as Freeman Peninsula) is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in the locality of Sceale Bay about 27 kilometres (17 miles) to about 46 kilometres (29 miles) south-east of the town of Streaky Bay.^[1]

Calca Peninsula South Australia
Point Labatt, a point on the west side of the peninsula, as viewed from the south
Calca Peninsula
Coordinates	33°07′18″S 134°27′11″E[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.^[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]

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][4]

References

1. "Search results for 'Calca Peninsula, PEN' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'State Marine Park Network', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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
3. 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
4. "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26/26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.