Cambridge Gulf

About Cambridge Gulf

Cambridge Gulf is a things to do venue in Wyndham, Western Australia.

It is an estuarine environment where many rivers flow into the gulf, including the Pentecost, Durack, King, Ord, and Forrest Rivers. The region is also home to captivating sandstone hills, fringed by colonies of mangroves and mudflats during low tide.

Cambridge Gulf is a gulf within a gulf, being situated at the southern extremity of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, in the Timor Sea. The eastern bank of the gulf is where the town of Wyndham, the principal port, is located.

It’s approximately 100 kilometres by road west-north-west of Kununurra. The gulf experiences two large tidal flows each day between 7 and 9 metres (23 and 30 ft).

The entrance of Cambridge Gulf is defined by Cape Domett and the Cape Dussejour on the eastern and western shores, respectively, with King Shoals and Medusa Banks out in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf beyond Lacrosse Island, situated in the middle. The conjunction between the gulf and the lower regions of the Ord River, the eastern arm, and the Durack and Pentecost Rivers, the western arm, are the main areas that have estuarine features.

The Jeidji people are the traditional owners of the area. The English explorer, Philip Parker King, discovered the gulf on September 17, 1819, while mapping the entire north coast of Australia.

The Cambridge Gulf was named after the Duke of Cambridge. King did not name the gulf in

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• Type: Things to Do
• Area: Wyndham, Western Australia
• Phone: 1800 586 868
• Website: visit ↗

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