Head of the Bight
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.
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Location | South Australia |
Coordinates | 31°29′36.9018″S 131°9′30.8586″E[1] |
Type | Bay |
Basin countries | Australia |
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]
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See also
Notes
- "Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514
- 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.
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