Named Features
- Birchs Inlet - at south west end of harbour
- Bird River - mouth in Kelly Basin
- Bonnet Island - in Kelly Channel at entrance to harbour (42° 13′ S, 145° 14′ E}
- Braddon River - mouth on mid-eastern shore
- Entrance Island - at entrance to harbour (42° 12′ S, 145° 14′ E)
- Farm Cove - at south east side
- Gould Point - adjacent to Farm Cove
- Gordon River - mouth on south eastern end of harbour
- Hell's Gates - mouth at north west end of harbour
- Kelly Basin - port/town at southern end of harbour - also named Pillinger
- Kelly Channel - at entrance to harbour
- King River - mouth at north east of harbour
- Lettes Bay - between Regatta Point and King River mouth
- Liberty Point - on mid western shore
- Long Bay - south of Regatta Point
- Philips Island - adjacent to mouth of Braddon River on east shore
- Pine Cove - just south of the King River Mouth
- Regatta Point - eastern side of Risby Cove
- Risby Cove - water between Strahan Harbour and Regatta Point
- Rum Point - on western shore south of Sarah Island
- Sarah Island - in southern part of Harbour
- Sophia Point - on mid-eastern shore
- Strahan Harbour - from Strahan Point parallel to 'The Esplanade'
- Swan Basin - near Hell's Gates
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