Vancouver Peninsula

Vancouver Peninsula
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 35 ° 4 ′  S , 117 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 4 ′  S , 117 ° 56 ′  E
Residents : 3 (2016)
Telephone code : (+61) AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Vancouver Peninsula

Vancouver Peninsula is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia . It is about three miles from Albany as the crow flies on the other side of King George Sound . The only residential building in Vancouver Peninsula is the summer camp Camp Quaranup on Geake Point.

Vancouver Peninsula belongs to the traditional settlement area of ​​the Aboriginal tribe of the Mineng . The name refers to George Vancouver , a British officer and explorer who was the first European to visit the bay in 1791. The Vancouver Peninsula was originally part of Frenchman Bay , which was split up in 2000.

geography

View from Mount Clarence in Albany on the Vancouver Peninsula

Vancouver Peninsula is located on the Vancouver Peninsula , which is part of the Torndirrup Peninsula and protrudes from this about five kilometers into the bay. The peninsula extends around six and a half kilometers to the east along King George Sound and to the east not quite seven kilometers along Princess Royal Harbor, which it separates from the rest of the bay. The westernmost point of Vancouver Island is called Geake Point , in the north are the two headlands Possession Point and Bramble Point .

By road, it's around 20 kilometers around Princess Royal Harbor from Albany to Vancouver Island. You pass the Torndirrup National Park , which includes the south coast of the peninsula of the same name.

South of Vancouver Island are Big Grove and Goode Beach .

On the coast of King George Sound are Goode Beach , Whaling Cover and Barker Bay .

population

In 2016, three people, all male, lived permanently on the Vancouver Peninsula.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Vancouver Peninsula ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
2. ↑ Recent History. In: Frenchman Bay Association. July 19, 2013, accessed July 19, 2019 .