Fish Hook Bay
Fish Hook Bay is located in Western Australia
Fish Hook Bay
Fish Hook Bay
Fish Hook Bay is located in Australia
Fish Hook Bay
Fish Hook Bay
Coordinates32°1′26″S 115°27′5″E / 32.02389°S 115.45139°E / -32.02389; 115.45139
Portrait of a visitor at the bay in 1940s

Fish Hook Bay is a bay on Rottnest Island, in the Australian state of Western Australia. The bay is the westernmost bay on the island, and isolated from habitation, which occurs on the eastern side.

Fish Hook Bay takes its name from its shape, which resembles a fish hook.[1][2] It was a location of mutton bird nests.[3] It has also been the location of unusual fish catches,[4][5] and research into marine species.[6]

Geography

Fish Hook Bay is 120 metres (390 ft) wide and 170 metres (560 ft) deep. It opens to the north. East of the bay is Wilson Bay and to the north is Eagle Bay, which is separated from Cape Vlaming by Fish Hook Bay.[7] The bay's 430-metre-long (1,410 ft) shoreline does not have a beach.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Fish Hook Bay". About-Australia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Fish Hook Bay". westernaustralia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Australian Geographical Society (1956-04-30), "WADJEMUP (30 April 1956)", Walkabout, Australian National Travel Association, 22 (5): 40, ISSN 0043-0064
  4. ↑ Australia. Department of Commerce and Agriculture (1956-05-31), "'White' crays seen as moulted adolescent 'Reds' (31 May 1956)", Fisheries news-letter, The Division, 15 (6): 9, ISSN 0248-076X
  5. ↑ "Mystery Fish Baffles The Experts". The Daily News. Vol. LXX, no. 23, 994. Western Australia. 8 March 1952. p. 3 (FIRST). Retrieved 7 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ BF Phillips; NA Campbell (1974-03-01), "Mortality and longevity in the whelk Dicathais orbita (Gmelin)", Marine and Freshwater Research, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 25 (1): 25–33, ISSN 1448-6059
  7. ↑ Hurley, Frank (1910), [Cape Vlamingh and Fish Hook Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia], retrieved 7 July 2023
  8. ↑ "No title". Western Mail. Vol. XXVII, no. 1, 355. Western Australia. 16 December 1911. p. 21 (Illustrated section). Retrieved 7 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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