Recherche Bay
Australia
Recherche Bay (locally REE-srtch) is an oceanic embayment, part of which is listed on the National Heritage Register, located on the extreme south-eastern corner of Tasmania, Australia. It was a landing place of the d’Entrecasteaux expedition to find missing explorer La Pérouse. It is named in honour of the Recherche, one of the expedition's ships. The Nuenonne name for the bay is Leillateah. The bordering land is the locality of Recherche, in the local government area of Huon Valley in the South-east region of Tasmania.
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