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Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

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Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

Inlet of the Timor Sea, northern Australia. It spans 225 mi (360 km) east to west, and it indents the Australian coast for 100 mi (160 km). Entered by the Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1644, it was visited in 1803 by Nicolas Baudin, a Frenchman who named it for Napoleon's eldest brother, Joseph Bonaparte.


Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)


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