Gulf St Vincent

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gulf inlet

Gulf St Vincent is a large, shallow inlet of the Southern Ocean on the southern coast of Australia, bordered by the Yorke Peninsula and the Fleurieu Peninsula and serving as the coastal frontage for the city of Adelaide.

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gulf → inlet →
adjacentToCity	Adelaide →
borders	Fleurieu Peninsula → Yorke Peninsula →
coastalFrontageFor	Adelaide →
connectedTo	Investigator Strait → Spencer Gulf →
country	Australia →
discoveredByEuropeans	Matthew Flinders →
hasArea	approximately 6800 square kilometres →
hasAverageDepth	21 metres →
hasCoastlineType	cliffs → sandy beaches → tidal flats →
hasEcosystemType	temperate marine →
hasHabitat	intertidal mudflats → mangroves → seagrass meadows →
hasLength	approximately 138 kilometres →
hasMajorPort	Outer Harbor → Port Adelaide → Port Giles → Port Stanvac → Port Vincent → Port Wakefield →
hasMajorRiverInflow	Gawler River NERFINISHED → Light River → Onkaparinga River NERFINISHED → Port River → Wakefield River →
hasMajorTownOnCoast	Aldinga Beach → Ardrossan, South Australia → Brighton, South Australia → Christies Beach → Glenelg → Moonta Bay → Port Noarlunga → Semaphore, South Australia → Stansbury, South Australia → Wallaroo, South Australia →
hasMaximumDepth	40 metres →
hasMouthNear	Kangaroo Island →
hasNearbyIsland	Garden Island, South Australia → Torrens Island → Wardang Island NERFINISHED →
hasSalinity	marine →
hasTidalRange	microtidal →
hasWidth	approximately 61 kilometres →
isImportantFor	commercial fishing → marine biodiversity → port operations → recreational fishing → shipping →
isShallow	true →
locatedIn	South Australia → Southern Ocean →
locatedInState	South Australia →
locatedOnCoastOf	southern coast of Australia →
namedAfter	John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent →
namedBy	Matthew Flinders →
partOf	Great Australian Bight →
separates	Fleurieu Peninsula → Yorke Peninsula →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yorke Peninsula →	borderedBy
Adelaide Plains →	boundedBy
McLaren Vale wine region →	climateInfluence
River Torrens →	flowsInto
Yorke Peninsula →	locatedBetween
Yorke Peninsula →	locatedIn
Adelaide →	locatedOn
River Torrens →	mouthLocation