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Maupertius Bay - SA

Maupertius Bay

Bay,Inlet,Cove

Position

DEG: -35.964588 136.653793

DMS: 35º 57' 52.52" S 136º 39' 13.66" E

UTM: 53 H 6018715mN 649126mE

Altitude: 7.8m

Address & Contact

5223

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Information

Maupertuis Bay is located on the south-west of Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The bay forms the mouth of Rocky River which rises from within Flinders Chase National Park.
Maupertuis Bay was named after mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin.
On 24 April 1899, the Scottish barque Loch Sloy was shipwrecked off the coast from Maupertuis Bay resulting in the death of all but three crew and passengers.

PlaceID	43531

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cape Borda at 17/02:30am CST

Distance from Maupertius Bay 23.88km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
10.5°C	4.8°C	69%	5.1°C	1017.0hPa	0.2mm	WSW	24km/hr 13knots	35km/hr 19knots

Closest Climatic Station

Stenhouse Bay

Distance from Maupertius Bay 80.37km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	25.0	24.9	23.2	20.9	18.5	16.3	15.5	16.2	18.1	19.8	22.0	23.1
Mean Min. °C	16.7	17.1	15.9	14.0	12.0	10.1	9.1	9.3	10.3	11.6	13.7	15.0
Mean Rain mm	12.9	15.3	22.9	27.2	51.5	73.1	64.9	58.6	45.4	30.7	22.0	17.0