Baudin_Island_(Shark_Bay)

Baudin Island (Shark Bay)

Baudin Island (Shark Bay)

Island in Western Australia

Baudin Island is a small island (20ha, 50acres) in Henri Freycinet Harbour, the southern part of Shark Bay in Western Australia.

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The island was named after the French explorer Nicolas Baudin who passed through the region.[1][2][3]

It is also a reserve with the name Baudin Island Nature Reserve within the Shark Bay Marine Park and Shark Bay World Heritage area.

See also

Map of the Shark Bay region

References

  1. [1]
    Horner, F. B. (Frank Benson) (1987). In The French reconnaissance : Baudin in Australia 1801-1803. Melbourne University Press, 1987, Carlton, Vic
  2. [2]
    Toft, Klaus (2002). In The navigators : Flinders vs Baudin : the race between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin to discover the fabled passage through the middle of Australia. Duffy & Snellgrove, Potts Point, N.S.W ISBN 1-876631-60-0
  3. [3]
    Fornasiero, F. J. (F. Jean) & Monteath, Peter & West-Sooby, John & Wakefield Press (2004). In Encountering Terra Australis : the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders. Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. Aust ISBN 1-86254-625-8


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