Wide Bay (Queensland)

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Wide Bay is a bay of the Coral Sea off the coast of the localities of Rainbow Beach and Cooloola, both in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Wide Bay
Wide Bay at Rainbow Beach, 2016
Wide Bay is located in Queensland
Wide Bay
Wide Bay
LocationQueensland
GroupCoral Sea
Coordinates25°54′02″S 153°08′26″E / 25.9006°S 153.1406°E / -25.9006; 153.1406 (Wide Bay)
Typebay
SettlementsRainbow Beach, Cooloola

History

Wide Bay was charted and named by Lieutenant James Cook on 18 May 1770 on his 1770 voyage along the east coast of Australia on the HM Bark Endeavour.[1]

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