Corio Bay

Corio Bay
Corio Bay
Corayo (Wathawurrung); Jillong (Wathawurrung);
	Corio Bay, overlooking Geelong West, Drumcondra and North Geelong in 1927.
	Corio Bay Location in Victoria
	Landsat 7 imagery of the greater Geelong area, showing Corio Bay.
Location	Port Phillip, Victoria
Coordinates	38°06′26″S 144°21′38″E
Type	Bay
Primary outflows	Port Phillip
Frozen	never
Settlements	Geelong; Corio
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Shoalwater and Corio Bays
Designated	1 March 1996
Reference no.	792

Corio Bay is one of numerous internal bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. The nearby suburb of Corio takes its name from Corio Bay.

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