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Keppel Bay is a bay in Central Queensland, Australia, at the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the coast of the Coral Sea.
Keppel Bay | |
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Location | Central Queensland |
Coordinates | 23.389°S 150.898°E[1] |
River sources | Fitzroy River |
Ocean/sea sources | Coral Sea |
Basin countries | Australia |
Keppel Bay extends from Station Point on Curtis Island (23.4500°S 151.0167°E) in the Gladstone Region to Zilzie Point at Zilzie (23.2797°S 150.8247°E) in the Shire of Livingstone.[2][1][3][4]
The named islands in Keppel Bay from north to south are:[5]
Despite the name, the islands in Keppel Bay Islands National Park are not within Keppel Bay but are to the north and east of the bay.[5]
Keppel Bay was named by Captain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after Admiral Augustus Keppel of the British Royal Navy.[1][15]