Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature)

Emu Bay

Emu Bay in the distance, with Burne Port in the foreground.
Emu Bay
Location in Tasmania
Location North West Tasmania
Coordinates 41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528Coordinates: 41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528
Type Embayment
River sources Blythe River
Primary outflows Bass Strait
Settlements Burnie

Emu Bay is a bay on the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The bay is fed by the Blythe River and empties into Bass Strait.[1] The bay is adjacent to the city of Burnie, Tasmania, which was also originally named Emu Bay but later renamed for William Burnie a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s.

See also

References

  1. "Map of Blythe River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.


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