- Backstairs Passage
Backstairs Passage is a body of water lying between
Cape Jervis on theAustralia n mainland andKangaroo Island inSouth Australia .
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Backstairs Passage — /bækstɛəz ˈpæsɪdʒ/ (say bakstairz pasij) noun a strait between the mainland of SA and the eastern end of Kangaroo Island, about 13 km wide; forms the eastern entrance to Gulf St Vincent …
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