Head of the Bight
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Head of the Bight | |
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Location in South Australia | |
Location | South Australia |
Coordinates | 31°29′36.9018″S 131°9′30.8586″E / 31.493583833°S 131.158571833°E[1] |
Type | Bay |
Basin countries | Australia |
Head of the Bight (also called Head of Bight) is a bay located in South Australia at the most northern extent of the Great Australian Bight.
Flora and fauna
Southern right whale
It is one of two locations on Australia's south coast where southern right whales come to calve during their winter migration,[2][3] the other being located off of Point Anne in Western Australia's Fitzgerald River National Park.[4][5][6]
Protected area status
The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the Far West Coast Marine Park.[7] The land around Head of the Bight is part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Head of the Bight South Australian Whale Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Ceduna Business & Tourism Association - Head of the Bight". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
- ^ Reid, Elizabeth; Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (University of Adelaide) (1996), Whale watchers of the head of the Bight: a 1995 visitor profile and implications for management, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide, ISBN 978-0-86396-439-8
- ^ Pirzl, Rebecca; Burnell, Stephen R (2005), Population biology of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Head of Bight, South Australia in 2004, s.n., retrieved 5 March 2012
- ^ Burnell, Stephen R; Pirzl, Rebecca; Eubalaena (2002), Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales: Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001, Eubalaena, retrieved 5 March 2012
- ^ "Far West Coast Marine Park Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
External links
- "Whale Watching At Head Of Bight". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. -- official government tourism site
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