Younghusband Peninsula
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Younghusband Peninsula is a long narrow peninsula in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state 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.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, at 36°S 139.5°E. It separates Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is located on the south central coast of South Australia, some 100 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the encounter on 8 April 1802 between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin, both of whom were charting the Australian coastline for their respective countries...

 which is part of the Southern Ocean from the Coorong which is part of the estuary of the River Murray. It lies entirely within the Coorong National Park
Coorong National Park
The Coorong is a national park and lagoon ecosystem in South Australia , 156 km southeast of Adelaide. Its name is thought to be a corruption of the local Aboriginal people's word kurangh, meaning "long neck"; a reference to the shape of the lagoon system...

. The peninsula is over 110 kilometres long, but less than 3 kilometres wide at its widest point. Its narrowest point is less than 350 metres wide. The Younghusband Peninsula, together with the Sir Richard Peninsula on the western side of the Murray Mouth
Murray Mouth
Murray Mouth is the point at which the River Murray meets the southern Southern Ocean. The Murray Mouth's location is changeable. Historical records show that the channel out to sea moves along the sand dunes over time...

, are the Primary Sand Dune line defining this stretch of coastline, and the flooded swale behind this primary dune line forms the Coorong.

Younghusband Peninsula was named after William Younghusband
William Younghusband
William Younghusband , was one of the promoters of the Murray River Steam Navigation Company, which enabled Captain Cadell in 1853 to win the £4000 bonus offered by the Government of South Australia for the initiation of steam communication on the Murray...

, M.P.
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