Deception Bay is a bay within Moreton Bay in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[1] The bay is shallow.[2] It contains some seagrass beds.[2]
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  Deception Bay | |
| Location | South-East Queensland |
| Coordinates | 27°08′57″S 153°05′32″E / 27.1492°S 153.0922°E |
| Type | Bay |
| Part of | Moreton Bay |
| River sources | Caboolture River, Burpengary Creek |
| Primary outflows | Pumicestone Passage |
| Ocean/sea sources | Pacific Ocean |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Geography
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Deception Bay is in the most north-western part of Moreton Bay. The Caboolture River flows into the bay. Increased urban development has seen the river bring sediment loadings into the bay.[3]
History
editIn 1823, John Oxley originally named it Pumice Stone River believing it was a river because it was very shallow. Its present name refers Oxley being deceived by its appearance.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Deception Bay – bay (entry 9563)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ a b Graham, Bruce (2004). The Green Coast: The Natural Environment of the Tweed-Moreton Bioregion. Tweed Heads, New South Wales. pp. 27, 134. ISBN 0-9751817-0-X. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Brady, James P.; Ayoko, Godwin A.; Martens, Wayde N.; Goonetilleke, Ashantha (15 April 2014). "Enrichment, distribution and sources of heavy metals in the sediments of Deception Bay, Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 81 (1): 248–255. Bibcode:2014MarPB..81..248B. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.031. PMID 24485297. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deception Bay (Queensland).
- "Map of Deception Bay". Queensland Government. 1941. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020.
