Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature)
Embayment in North West Tasmania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emu Bay is a bay on the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.
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Emu Bay | |
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Location in Tasmania | |
Location | North West Tasmania |
Coordinates | 41°03′49″S 145°52′31″E |
Type | Embayment |
River sources | Emu River |
Primary outflows | Bass Strait |
Settlements | Burnie |
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The bay is fed by the Emu River and empties into Bass Strait.[1] The bay is adjacent to the city of Burnie, Tasmania, which was also originally named Emu Bay but later renamed for William Burnie a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company in the early 1840s.