This body of water and the nearby Gippsland Lakes feature the endemic Burranan dolphin.  
This body of water and the nearby Gippsland Lakes feature the endemic Burranan dolphin.  A popular scuba spot in this body of water is an unfinished fort known as The Pope's Eye. The HMS Lady Nelson, commanded by John Murray, was the first British ship to enter this body of water, doing so in 1802. It is bordered by the urban neighborhoods of Williamstown and St. Kilda. The first European settlement on this body of water was at Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula. This body of water's western arm, Corio Bay, extends to the city of (*) Geelong, and this bay empties through The Rip into the Bass Strait. For 10 points, name this Australian body of water fed by the Yarra River that borders the southern edge of Melbourne.
This body of water and the nearby Gippsland Lakes feature the endemic Burranan dolphin.  
Port Phillip (Bay)