Collier Bay is a bay in the Indian Ocean, located on the Kimberley coast in the north-west of Western Australia.
The bay is about deep (east to west) and wide (north to south). It is bounded by the Yampi Peninsula to the south, On the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment website here. Date assumed per last date mentioned in publication (2010), and author as per website. the Montgomery Reef and Koolan Island at its western extent, with Camden Sound Marine Park beyond. The Kingfisher Islands, Traverse Island, Fletcher Island, and a number of other small islands lie within the bay. Fresh water flows into the bay via Secure Bay, as well as the Walcott Inlet, which brings water from the Charnley, Calder and Isdell Rivers into the bay via Yule Entrance.
The bay was named after Sir George Collier, Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy by Phillip Parker King in 1821.Western Australian Names. Sunday Times. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1928. p. 34. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
See also Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary
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