Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage Site

Official name
Shark Bay, Western Australia | UNESCO
Country
Australia | Map
Continent
Australia
Location
State of Western Australia
-25.4861° Lat, 113.4361° Lon | Map
Code
578
Time Zone
Australia/Sydney (AEDT, +1100)
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Category
Natural
Description
Inscribed 1991. At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest (4,800 km2) and richest in the world; its dugong (‘sea cow’) population; and its stromatolites (colonies of algae which form hard, dome-shaped deposits and are among the oldest forms of life on earth). Shark Bay is also home to five species of endangered mammals.