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The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It was named after the French explorer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu

Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu was a French explorer, hydrographer and politician. He was List of Naval Ministers of France under Louis XVI, and a member of the Institut de France, as well as the brother of the botanist Marc Antoine Louis Claret de la Tourette....
 by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a France explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born in Saint-Martin-de-R? on the Ile de R?....
 as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.

Towns of interest in the area include the scenic Victor Harbor, the heritage town of Willunga, Mount Compass, Goolwa, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay
Rapid Bay, South Australia

Rapid Bay is a small seaside town in the southwest of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. It is approximately 100 km south of the state capital Adelaide....
 and the wine region of McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale

McLaren Vale is a wine region approximately 35 km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It has a population of about 2,000 and is internationally renowned for the wines it produces....
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Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It was named after the French explorer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu

Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu was a French explorer, hydrographer and politician. He was List of Naval Ministers of France under Louis XVI, and a member of the Institut de France, as well as the brother of the botanist Marc Antoine Louis Claret de la Tourette....
 by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a France explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born in Saint-Martin-de-R? on the Ile de R?....
 as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.

Towns of interest in the area include the scenic Victor Harbor, the heritage town of Willunga, Mount Compass, Goolwa, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay
Rapid Bay, South Australia

Rapid Bay is a small seaside town in the southwest of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. It is approximately 100 km south of the state capital Adelaide....
 and the wine region of McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale

McLaren Vale is a wine region approximately 35 km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It has a population of about 2,000 and is internationally renowned for the wines it produces....
. There is fine surfing at Waitpinga and Browns Beach. A ferry travels between Cape Jervis, at the tip of the peninsula, and Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island, Northern Territory. It is 112 kilometres southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf Saint Vincent....
. The Peninsula was named by Captain Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a France explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born in Saint-Martin-de-R? on the Ile de R?....
 in 1802, after the French Navy Minister - Charles Pierre Claret, the Comte de Fleurieu.

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  • South Australian wine
    South Australian wine

    The South Australian wine industry is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. The state of South Australia has a vast diversity in Geography of South Australia and climate which allows the state to be able to successfully produce a wine range of list of grape varieties-from the cool climate Riesling variety in t...


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