Cockburn Sound
| Cockburn Sound | ||
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 Aerial view of the Cockburn Sound; Garden Island is on the far right |
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Australia | |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 12 ′ S , 115 ° 43 ′ E | |
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| surface | 100 km² | |
 Cockburn Sound and Garden Island satellite image from NASA World Wind |
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The Cockburn Sound is a 100 km² bay of the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Western Australia in Australia .
The water stretches from the mouth of the Swan River at Fremantle from Cape Peron to Rockingham . To the west of Cockburn Sound are Garden Island and Carnac Island . The Gage Roads canal is to the north.
The town and bay were named after Admiral Sir George Cockburn by Captain James Stirling in 1827 .
Tourist information
The bay is relatively well protected from wind and waves; You can fish, snorkel and water-ski in it. Numerous sport ships move in the bay.
The Cockburn Sound is very popular with anglers because there are numerous fish there, especially in the south such as yellowtail , samson fish ( Seriola hippos ), mackerel and tuna , mulloway ( Argyrosomus japonicus ), Australasian snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) and other fish.
Web links
- Cockburn Sound Management Council Annual Report from 2005 (PDF, English; 2.7 MB)
- Navy information about the Cockburn Sound (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Naming Cockburn. City of Cockburn website, accessed August 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Information for anglers on aarondchub.com ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 6, 2011
