| Loveday Bay | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia South Australia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Australia |
| Location: | Lake Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Coords: | -35.5851°N 139.0894°W[1] |
| Type: | Bay |
| Inflow: | Lake Alexandrina |
| Basin Countries: | Australia |
Loveday Bay is an inlet in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south-eastern end of Lake Alexandrina on the west coast of the Narrung Peninsula.[2]
It is located within the locality of Narrung.[1] The bay has a subsidiary inlet on its south coast which is known as Salt Lagoon which includes the protected area, the Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park.[3]
It was named after early South Australian government surveyor Richard John Loveday.[4] The indigenous name for the head of Loveday Bay was Ngiakkung.[5] The southern end of the bay was traditionally used as a meeting place for intertribal trade.[6]
A jetty was built in Loveday Bay in 1923 and was demolished in 1949.[7]