Cockburn Sound
Cockburn Sound is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Western Australia. It extends from the south of the mouth of the Swan River at Fremantle for about 25 kilometres to Point Peron near Rockingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Grahame Bowland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: body of water located south of Fremantle, Western Australia
- Also known as: “Cockburn Sound, W.A.” and “Cockburn Sound, Western Australia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden Island and Naval Base.
Garden Island
Locality
Photo: Droneimagewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garden Island is a narrow island about 10 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, lying about 5 kilometres off the Western Australian coast, to which it is linked by an artificial causeway and bridge.
Naval Base
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naval Base is a coastal southwestern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. It is a traditional industrial suburb in the Perth metropolitan region and contains a significant amount of heavy industry.
Kwinana Beach
Suburb
Photo: Grahame Bowland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kwinana Beach is an outer southwestern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. It is one of the traditional industrial suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region.
Cockburn Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.19739° or 32° 11′ 51″ southLongitude
115.72495° or 115° 43′ 30″ eastNamed after
Sir George Cockburn, 10th BaronetOpen location code
4PVQRP3F+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3020491519OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Cockburn Sound” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cockburn Sound”
- Cebuano: “Cockburn Sound”
- Dutch: “Cockburn Sound (West-Australie)”
- Dutch: “Cockburn Sound”
- French: “détroit de Cockburn”
- French: “Détroit de Cockburn”
- German: “Cockburn Sound”
- Japanese: “コックバーン・サウンド”
- Slovenian: “Cockburn Sound”
- Swedish: “Cockburn Sound”
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