Calca Peninsula

Place in South Australia

33°07′18″S 134°27′11″E / 33.121663°S 134.45313°E / -33.121663; 134.45313^[1]

Calca Peninsula (also known as Freeman Peninsula) is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in the locality of Sceale Bay about 27 kilometres (17 miles) to about 46 kilometres (29 miles) south-east of the town of Streaky Bay.^[1]

It extends in a south easterly direction from its connection to Eyre Peninsula and is bounded by Searcy Bay and the Great Australian Bight to the west, Anxious Bay to the south east and Baird Bay to the north east. Its extremities include Point Labatt in the west and Cape Radstock in the south.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Its name is derived from a local aboriginal word for stars while its variant name, Freeman Peninsula, is derived from the Freeman family who held land on the peninsula until 1982.^[1]

Its extent includes the following protected areas - Point Labatt Conservation Park and the southern end of the Searcy Bay Conservation Park. Since 2012, the waters adjoining its shoreline are within a habitat protection zone in the West Coast Bays Marine Park.^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search results for 'Calca Peninsula, PEN' with the following datasets being selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'State Marine Park Network', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Far West District; South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995), Point Labatt Conservation Park management plan, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia (PDF), Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, pp. 1–2
^ South 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, p. Chart 39, ISBN 0-7243-7603-8
^ "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26/26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Cities

Port Augusta (western suburbs only)
Port Lincoln
Whyalla

Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey (part)
State electoral districts	Flinders Giles Stuart
Local Government	Ceduna DC Cleve DC Elliston DC Franklin Harbour DC Kimba DC Lower Eyre Peninsula DC City of Port Augusta (part) City of Port Lincoln Streaky Bay DC Tumby Bay DC City of Whyalla Wudinna DC

Protected areas

Coastal features

West coast	Anxious Bay Calca Peninsula Cape Blanche Cape Carnot Cape Catastrophe Cape Finniss Cape Radstock Cape Wiles Coffin Bay Peninsula Jussieu Peninsula Mount Dutton Bay Point Avoid Point Labatt Point Weyland Point Whidbey Slade Point Sleaford Bay Fishery Bay
East coast	Cape Burr Cape Donington Cape Hardy Lipson Cove Lucky Bay Memory Cove Point Boston Point Lowly Yorkey Crossing

Islands adjoining Eyre Peninsula coast

West coast	Baird Bay Jones Island Unnamed island, Baird Bay Eba Island Grantham Island Nicolas Baudin Island Pigface Island
East coast	Bicker Isles Boston Island Curlew Island Entrance Island Lipson Island Little Island Louth Island Tumby Island

Infrastructure

Highways	Birdseye Highway Eyre Highway (part) Flinders Highway Lincoln Highway Tod Highway
Railways	BHP Whyalla Tramway Coffin Bay Tramway Eyre Peninsula Railway Port Lincoln railway station
Other	Joy Baluch AM Bridge Tod Reservoir