Sultana Point is a headland in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
located near the south east tip of
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula, known as Guuranda by the original inhabitants, the Narungga people, is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula ...
in the gazetted locality of
Sultana Point about south-southeast of the town of
Edithburgh. The waters to its immediate east contain the shoal system known as the
Troubridge Shoals. It is one of the natural features named after the ''Sultana'', a ship which was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals on 28 September 1849. The waters adjoining its shores are located within the boundaries of the
Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park.
See also
*
Sultana (disambiguation)
Sultana or Sultanah may refer to:
Plants
* Sultana (grape), a "white" oval seedless grape variety
* A type of raisin
Animals
* Sultana (gastropod), ''Sultana'' (gastropod), a genus of air-breathing land snails
* Western swamphen (also sultana b ...
References
External links
Beachsafe webpage for Sultana Point
Headlands of South Australia
Yorke Peninsula
Gulf St Vincent
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