Fides Bluff

Fides Bluff South Australia
Fides Bluff
Coordinates	35°41′49″S 136°50′18″E / 35.69694°S 136.83833°ECoordinates: 35°41′49″S 136°50′18″E / 35.69694°S 136.83833°E
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council

Fides Bluff is a headland on the north coast of Kangaroo Island in South Australia immediately west of Snug Cove and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Kingscote. It was named by the Government of South Australia on 23 October 2003 to commemorate the loss of the Finnish barque Fides which was wrecked on the nearby coastline on 22 May 1860 with the loss of her captain and 10 of her 14 crew. A plaque was unveiled at Fides Bluff by Mike Rann, the Premier of South Australia, and Anneli Puura-Märkälä, the Finnish Ambassador to Australia on 7 December 2003 to commemorate the naming of the headland.^[1][2][3][4]

References

1. "Fides Bluff". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
2. "Geographical Names Act 1991 - Notice to Assign a Name to a Place" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. The Government of South Australia (GSA): 3860. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
3. Chapman, Gifford D. (2007), Kangaroo Island shipwrecks : an account of the ships and cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island, Gifford Chapman, pp. 25 & 30, ISBN 978-0-646-47779-4
4. "Report to Parliament on the Planning Strategy For South Australia 2003 - 2004" (PDF). Planning SA. September 2004. p. 47. Retrieved 12 February 2015.