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shark bay


states: [australia]

category: natural

year: 1991

location: State of Western Australia

region: Asia and the Pacific

latitude/longitude: -25.4861111100, 113.4361111000

Shark Bay

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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