Rivoli Bay is a bay located on the south-east coast of the Australian state of South Australia, about 311 kilometres south-southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and about 65 kilometres northwest by west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier. It was named in 1802 by the Baudin expedition of 1800–03 after André Masséna, the Duke of Rivoli and Marshal of France. It is one of four 'historic bays' located on the South Australian coast.
772 metres (2,533 ft) long jetty at Beachport
Baudin expedition to Australia
The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of New Holland. Nicolas Baudin was selected as leader in October 1800. The expedition started with two ships, Géographe, captained by Baudin, and Naturaliste captained by Jacques Hamelin, and was accompanied by nine zoologists and botanists, including Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, François Péron and Charles-Alexandre Lesueur as well as the geographer Pierre Faure.
Géographe and Naturaliste
Memorial rock marking the place where Baudin came ashore at Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island in 1803
Frenchman's Rock, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island