Geographe Bay
Geographe Bay is in the south-west of Western Australia, around 220 kilometres southwest of Perth. The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, after his ship, Géographe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hossen27, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peppermint Grove and Capel.
Peppermint Grove
Village
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peppermint Grove Beach is a residential subdivision and beachside town in the South West region of Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Capel and it is located 8 kilometres northwest of Capel on the Geographe Bay coast near the Capel River mouth.
Capel
Town
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capel is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, located 212 kilometres south of Perth and midway between Bunbury and Busselton. The town is located on the Capel River and is approximately 19 metres above sea level.
Forrest Beach
Locality
Forrest Beach is a rural locality of the Shire of Capel in the South West region of Western Australia, located on Geographe Bay. In the east, a section of the Tuart Forest National Park is located within the locality while, in the south, it stretches to the Ludlow River.
Geographe Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Western Australia
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.49947° or 33° 29′ 58″ southLongitude
115.52287° or 115° 31′ 22″ eastNamed after
GéographeOpen location code
4PRQGG2F+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 3020492182OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Geographe Bay” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Заліў Географа”
- Bulgarian: “Географ (залив)”
- Bulgarian: “Географ”
- Cebuano: “Geographe Bay”
- Dutch: “Geographe Bay”
- French: “Baie du Geographe”
- French: “baie du Géographe”
- French: “Baie du Géographe”
- French: “Baie Géographe”
- French: “Geographe Bay”
- German: “Geographe Bay”
- Italian: “Baia Géographe”
- Lithuanian: “Geografo įlanka”
- Polish: “Zatoka Geografa”
- Swedish: “Geographe Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stirling Estate and Stratham.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capel Vale Winery and Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Geographe Bay”. Photo: Hossen27, Public domain.