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Shark Bay, Western Australia

Australia
Date of Inscription: 1991
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
Property : 2197300.0000 ha
State of Western Australia
S25 29 10 E113 26 10
Ref: 578

Brief Description

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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