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Deception Bay
Deception Bay
Deception Bay
Location	South-East Queensland
Coordinates	27°08′57″S 153°05′32″E / 27.1492°S 153.0922°E / -27.1492; 153.0922 (Deception Bay)
Type	Bay
Part of	Moreton Bay
River sources	Caboolture River, Burpengary Creek
Primary outflows	Pumicestone Passage
Ocean/sea sources	Pacific Ocean
Basin countries	Australia

Deception Bay is a bay within Moreton Bay in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The bay is shallow. It contains some seagrass beds.

Geography

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.

History

In 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.

References

1. ^ "Deception Bay – bay (entry 9563)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
2. ^ 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)
3. 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

• "Map of Deception Bay". Queensland Government. 1941. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020.

• Bays of Queensland
• Moreton Bay
• City of Moreton Bay