Jussieu Peninsula | |
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 Curta Rocks, South Australia | |
  Jussieu Peninsula | |
| Coordinates:34°51′18″S135°52′42″E / 34.855108°S 135.878459°E /-34.855108; 135.878459[1] | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | South Australia |
| Mean max temp | 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 11.3 °C (52.3 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 383.2 mm (15.09 in) |
| Climate[2] | |
Jussieu Peninsula is apeninsula located at the south east end ofEyre Peninsula inSouth Australia. It is bounded by Proper Bay and Spalding Cove within the natural harbour known as Port Lincoln to the north,Spencer Gulf to the east and theGreat Australian Bight to the south. While it was first explored and mapped byMatthew Flinders during February 1802, Flinders did not name it. In 1913, the name proposed byFrançois Péron andLouis de Freycinet fromBaudin's expedition when it visited later in 1802 was declared as the peninsula's official name by theGovernment of South Australia. Jussieu refers to the French botanist,Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. While parts of its surface have been cleared and used for agricultural purposes in the past, it is currently occupied by twoprotected areas: theLincoln National Park and theMemory Cove Wilderness Protection Area.[3][4][5]
A shore-based bay whaling station is believed to have operated at Spalding Cove between 1829 and 1832.[6]
Australian places named by French explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries | ||
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Only places with the name still in use in either the original oranglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets. | ||
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