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| Keppel Bay | |
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 Boats anchored at Rosslyn Bay Harbour, on Keppel Bay | |
  Keppel Bay | |
| Location | Central Queensland |
| Coordinates | 23°23′20″S150°53′53″E / 23.389°S 150.898°E /-23.389; 150.898 (Keppel Bay)[1] |
| River sources | Fitzroy River |
| Ocean/sea sources | Coral Sea |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Keppel Bay is a bay inCentral Queensland,Australia, at the mouth of theFitzroy River on the coast of theCoral Sea.
Keppel Bay extends fromStation Point onCurtis Island (23°27′00″S151°01′00″E / 23.4500°S 151.0167°E /-23.4500; 151.0167 (Station Point)) in theGladstone Region toZilzie Point atZilzie (23°16′47″S150°49′29″E / 23.2797°S 150.8247°E /-23.2797; 150.8247 (Zilzie Point)) in theShire of Livingstone.[2][1][3][4]
The named islands in Keppel Bay from north to south are:[5]
Despite the name, the islands inKeppel Bay Islands National Park are not within Keppel Bay but are to the north and east of the bay.[5]
Keppel Bay was named byCaptain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after AdmiralAugustus Keppel of theBritish Royal Navy.[1][15]
