Shark Bay, Western Australia
Also known as Baie Shark, Australie occidentale, Shark Bay, Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1991
Area
2,200,902 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Shark Bay, Western Australia is about 700 km north of Perth. The nearest other World Heritage site is Ningaloo Coast, about 350 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Geraldton · about 27,000 peopleabout 330 km south
- Perth · about 1,532,000 peopleabout 700 km south
- Kwinana · about 20,000 peopleabout 730 km south
- Mandurah · about 73,000 peopleabout 760 km south
- Bunbury · about 27,000 peopleabout 850 km south
- Kalgoorlie · about 37,000 peopleabout 940 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaNatural355 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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