What is Eyre Peninsula?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = other | name = Eyre Peninsula | state = sa | pop = 58700 |pop_year=2011 | pop_footnotes = | est = | area = 170500 | lga = See [[#Local government areas|Local government areas]] | lga2 = | lga3 = | lga4 = | region =[[Eyre Western]]<ref name=EW>{{cite web|title=Eyre Western SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/21249/Eyre_Western_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=10 October 2014|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216072250/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/21249/Eyre_Western_SA_Government_region.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>[[Far North (South Australia)|Far North]]<ref name=FN>{{cite web|title=Far North SA Government Region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/6905/Far_North_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Flinders|Flinders]]<br/>[[Electoral district of Giles|Giles]] | fedgov = [[Division of Grey|Grey]] | logo = | url = | alternative_location_map = | force_national_map = | use_lga_map = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|34|S|136|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = |footnotes= }} '''Eyre Peninsula''' is a triangle shaped [[peninsula]] in [[South Australia]]. On the east is [[Spencer Gulf]], and on the west is the [[Great Australian Bight]]. Its north boundary is the [[Gawler Ranges]]. It is named after explorer [[Edward John Eyre]] who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by [[Matthew Flinders]] in 1801-1802. The west coast was also visited by [[Nicolas