Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south central coast about 100 kilometres south of the state capital of Adelaide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wright Island and Granite Island.
Wright Island
Island
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Wright Island is a 1 hectare island in Encounter Bay, South Australia. It is located between the popular tourist destination Granite Island and the prominent rocky headland known as The Bluff.
Granite Island
Island
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Granite Island, also known by the Ramindjeri people as Nulcoowarra, is a small island next to Victor Harbor, South Australia, about 80 km south of South Australia's capital city, Adelaide. Granite Island is situated 3 km east of Encounter Bay.
Victor Harbor High School
School
Victor Harbor High School is located in Victor Harbor, on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victor Harbor and Port Elliot.
Victor Harbor
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Victor Harbor is a large coastal town of 15,000 people, 80 km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It is a very popular tourist destination, with the area's population greatly expanded during the summer holidays, usually by Adelaide locals looking to escape the summer heat.
Port Elliot
Suburb
Victor Harbor is a large coastal town of 15,000 people, 80 km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It is a very popular tourist destination, with the area's population greatly expanded during the summer holidays, usually by Adelaide locals looking to escape the summer heat. Port Elliot is situated 9 km northeast of Encounter Bay.
Encounter Bay
- Type: Locality with 4,650 residents
- Description: bay
- Category: bay
- Location: City of Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Encounter Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Encounter Bay”
- Chinese: “因康特湾”
- Chinese: “因康特灣”
- Chinese: “恩康特灣”
- Chinese: “相遇灣”
- Chinese: “遭遇湾”
- Czech: “Encounter”
- Czech: “záliv Encounter”
- Czech: “zátoka Encounter”
- Dutch: “Encounter Bay”
- Esperanto: “Renkonta Golfo”
- French: “baie de la Rencontre”
- French: “Baie de la Rencontre”
- French: “Encounter (baie)”
- French: “Encounter Bay”
- German: “Encounter Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ אנקאונטר”
- Japanese: “エンカウンターベイ”
- Japanese: “エンカウンター湾”
- Malagasy: “Encounter Bay”
- Russian: “Энкантер (залив)”
- Russian: “Энкантер”
- Spanish: “Bahia del Encuentro”
- Spanish: “Bahía del Encuentro”
- Spanish: “Bahia Encounter”
- Spanish: “Bahía Encounter”
- Spanish: “Bahia encuentro”
- Spanish: “Bahia Encuentro”
- Spanish: “Bahía encuentro”
- Spanish: “Bahía Encuentro”
- Spanish: “Encounter Bay”
- Swedish: “Encounter Bay”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Encounter”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Encounter Reef and Truslove Reserve.
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