Port Albany is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the

City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the ...

in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The suburb is bounded by the Princess Royal Harbour to the south and

King George Sound King George Sound (Mineng ) is a sound (geography), sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Named King George the Third's Sound in 1791, it was referred to as King George's Sound from 1805. The name "King George Sound" gradually came in ...

to the east and is home to the Port of Albany. To the south of Port Albany, the Ataturk Channel, which connects Princess Royal Harbour with King George Sound, separates it from Vancouver Peninsula. The suburb is on the traditional land of the Minang people of the

Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...

nation. The area backing on to Mount Clarence, along Brunswick Road, contains five heritage listed houses and the also heritage listed Mass Rocks and Lookout Rocks.

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{{Towns Great Southern WA Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia