Coordinates: 41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528

Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature)

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Emu Bay
File:Burnie-20120203-002.jpg
Emu Bay in the distance, with Burne Port in the foreground.
LocationNorth West Tasmania
Coordinates41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E / 41.06361°S 145.87528°E / -41.06361; 145.87528
TypeEmbayment
River sourcesEmu River
Primary outflowsBass Strait
SettlementsBurnie

Emu Bay is a bay on the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The bay is fed by the Emu River and empties into Bass Strait.[1] The bay is adjacent to the city of Burnie, Tasmania, which was also originally named Emu Bay but later renamed for William Burnie a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s.

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References

  1. "Map of Blythe River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.