South Passage (Queensland)

[1] The bay inside of South Passage consists of shallow water sandbanks.

[3] The channel was not noticed by Lieutenant James Cook as he explored the coastline in May 1770.

[4] On 14 July 1799, Matthew Flinders was the first European to discern an opening between the islands.

In 1824 John Oxley aboard the Amity left Moreton Bay via the South Passage after he had explored the Brisbane River with Allan Cunningham.

Some believed this is how South Passage came to be named, but it appears this is simply a coincidence.