Yanakie Isthmus is a sandy
isthmus that connects
Wilsons Promontory
Wilsons Promontory, is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland, located in the state of Victoria.
South Point at is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia. Located at nearb ...
to mainland
Victoria, south-eastern
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. The small holiday town of
Sandy Point and nearby
Shallow Inlet
Shallow Inlet is a marine inlet, opening onto Waratah Bay on the western side of the Yanakie Isthmus in South Gippsland, Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies close to the small holiday communities of Sandy Point and Yanakie, as well as ...
lie on the western side of the isthmus.
Yanakie is a
Koori name from the
Gunai language interpreted as meaning "between waters".
References
Yanakie Isthmusat the
Gazetteer of Australiabr>
Online
Isthmuses of Oceania
Wilsons Promontory
Coastline of Victoria (Australia)
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