Pelican Point is at the northern tip of

Lefevre Peninsula The Lefevre Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Australian state of South Australia located about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is a narrow sand spit of about running north from its connection to the mainland. The name given ...

, adjacent to the

Port River The Port River (officially known as the Port Adelaide River) is part of a tidal estuary located north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia. It has been used as a shipping channel since the beginning of European ...

shipping channel and the

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and associated infrastructure at Outer Harbor. A non-residential area, it is undergoing considerable industrial development, which is expected to continue as other projects, such as the

Port River Expressway Port River Expressway is a freeway-grade road. The expressway links Port Adelaide and the Lefevre Peninsula across the north-western suburbs of Adelaide to major interstate routes via North-South Motorway. The expressway is grade-separated a ...

, come to fruition. Light Passage, named after founder of Adelaide Colonel

William Light William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Surveyor General of South Australia, Surveyor-General of the History of South Australia#British preparation for est ...

, lies in the Port Adelaide River between Pelican Point and

Torrens Island Torrens Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide, Adelaide metropolitan area in the Port River Estuary about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. Since European settlement of Adelaide in 1836 ...

. There is a ship's graveyard site at the northern end of Mutton Cove, near Pelican Point, there being a steel hulk of a

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on the beach.

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Headlands of South Australia Lefevre Peninsula {{Adelaide-geo-stub

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