Cambridge Gulf (14°54′S 128°14′E / 14.900°S 128.233°E / -14.900; 128.233) is a gulf on the north coast of Western Australia. Many rivers flow into the gulf including the Ord River, Pentecost River, Durack River, King River and the Forrest River.
The gulf experiences two large tidal flows each day between 7 metres (23 ft) to 9 metres (30 ft)
The town of Wyndham, the area’s principal port lies on its eastern bank at the lower part of the gulf and is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) by road west-north-west of Kununurra. Cambridge Gulf is a gulf within a gulf, being at the southern extremity of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, in the Timor Sea.
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