D'Estrees Bay (French: Baie D'Estrees) is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern coast of Kangaroo Island about 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of Kingscote, the Island's principal centre.
The bay extends from Point Tinline in the south west to Point Reynolds in the north east,[2] with the beach being sandy and accessible for most of the bay's length.
The western side of the bay contains a settlement consisting of “single detached dwellings and recreation facilities for holiday makers and permanent residents.”[4]
On the night of 25 November 1853 the steamer Osmanli, Captain Corbett, returning to Adelaide from Melbourne, struck a reef and sank in D'Estrees Bay. Some sixty persons were aboard, and all made it safely to shore in the boats, but passenger Morris Marks lost a quantity of gold.[5]
^ abcSouth Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart11, ISBN978-0-7243-7603-2
^Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands"(PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. p. 119. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
Only places with the name still in use in either the original or anglicised version are listed above. Many names have been anglicised; for these the original French name appears in brackets.
