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False Bay

The False Bay is an 11-kilometre wide south-southeasterly facing bay in 's upper region. It extends from the Whyalla steelworks at the southern end to Black Point at the eastern end.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in South Australia
  • Also known as: “Baie Corneille” and “False Bay, South Australia”

False Bay

Latitude
-32.98664° or 32° 59′ 12″ south
Longitude
137.6725° or 137° 40′ 21″ east
Open location code
4QVV2M7F+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3020492136
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2071702
Wiki­data ID
Q17004092
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Satellite Map

Discover False Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“False Bay” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “False Bay, Austràlia Meridional”
  • Cebuano: “False Bay (luuk sa Awstralya)”
  • Cebuano: “False Bay”
  • Japanese: “フォールス湾”
  • Swedish: “False Bay (vik i Australien)”
  • Swedish: “False Bay, South Australia”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “False Bay”. Photo: Roumpf, CC BY-SA 4.0.