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Keppel Bay
Keppel
Bay
is a
broad
bay
in
Central
Queensland, Australia
at the
mouth
of the
Fitzroy River
on the
coast
of
the Coral
Sea
off
Rockhampton
.
Cape Keppel
is at the
Eastern
end of the bay.
The bay and the
nearby
Keppel
Islands
were named by
Captain Cook
when he was there on
27 May
1770
, after
Admiral Augustus Keppel
of the
British Royal Navy
.
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