Ningaloo Coast
Also known as Côte de Ningaloo, Ningaloo, Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Site (natural or mixed), Ningaloo Marine Park, Ningaloo Reef, The Ningaloo Coast
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
2011
Area
705,015 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Ningaloo Coast is about 1050 km north of Perth. The nearest other World Heritage site is Shark Bay, Western Australia, about 350 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Geraldton · about 27,000 peopleabout 680 km south
- Perth · about 1,532,000 peopleabout 1050 km south
- Kwinana · about 20,000 peopleabout 1080 km south
- Mandurah · about 73,000 peopleabout 1110 km south
- Kalgoorlie · about 37,000 peopleabout 1180 km south-east
- Bunbury · about 27,000 peopleabout 1200 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaNatural355 km away
AustraliaCultural409 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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