Shark Bay, Western Australia
World Heritage Site
- Official name
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Shark Bay, Western Australia |
UNESCO
- Country
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Australia |
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- Continent
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Australia
- Location
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State of Western Australia
-25.4861° Lat, 113.4361° Lon |
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- Code
- 578
- Time Zone
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Australia/Sydney (AEDT, +1100)
- Current Time
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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.
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