Bass Point is a headland in
Australia
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on the
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
south coast.
The point was named by
Matthew Flinders
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first littoral zone, inshore circumnavigate, circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then ...
around 1800, after his friend and fellow explorer
George Bass
George Bass (; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia.
Early life
Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George B ...
.
The waters just off the point are considered a critical habitat for the endangered
grey nurse shark
The sand tiger shark (''Carcharias taurus''), grey/gray nurse shark (in Australia), spotted ragged-tooth shark (in South Africa), or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabit ...
, so fishing there is restricted.
Protecting the Grey Nurse Shark - Bass Point
at the NSW Department of Primary Industries
Bass Point is also home to renowned big wave surfing spot ''Redsands'', which breaks off a headland at the entrance to Bass Point Reserve.
See also
* Bass Point Reserve
References
External links
Wikiscuba (Shellharbour Diving)
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Headlands of New South Wales
Wollongong
Surfing locations in New South Wales