| Calca Peninsula South Australia | |
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 Point Labatt, a point on the west side of the peninsula, as viewed from the south | |
  Calca Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 33°07′18″S134°27′11″E / 33.121663°S 134.45313°E /-33.121663; 134.45313[1] |
Calca Peninsula (also known asFreeman Peninsula) is a peninsula in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located on the west coast ofEyre Peninsula in the locality ofSceale Bay about 27 kilometres (17 miles) to about 46 kilometres (29 miles) south-east of the town ofStreaky Bay.[1]
It extends in a south easterly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded bySearcy Bay and theGreat Australian Bight to the west,Anxious Bay to the south east and Baird Bay to the north east. Its extremities includePoint Labatt in the west andCape Radstock in the south.[1][2][3]
Its name is derived from a local aboriginal word forstars while its variant name, Freeman Peninsula, is derived from the Freeman family who held land on the peninsula until 1982.[1]
Its extent includes the followingprotected areas -Point Labatt Conservation Park and the southern end of theSearcy Bay Conservation Park. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in theWest Coast Bays Marine Park.[2][4]
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