Shark bay

Formerly called bay of the Dog-Sailors , the bay Shark (in English Shark Bay , literally the bay of the shark ) is a locality and a bay of the area of Gascoyne in Western Australia. It is roughly located at 800 kilometers in the north of Perth, at the point more in the west of the Australia. Its name was given to him by the English navigator William Dampier, the first European to visit bay in 1699.

Shark Bay can also refer to:

the bay itself, with its Peninsula S and its many island S
the County of Shark Bay
the Shark bay as registered on the List of the world heritage of UNESCO
the marine park of Shark Bay.

The County of Shark Bay

The county of Shark Bay is a local government of Australia Occidentale. Its surface is of: 25 423 square kilometers, its population of approximately 950 people. It consists of two peninsulas, located at the point more in the west of the Australia. There are two cities in the county of Shark Bay: Denham, which is the administrative center, and Monkey Mia. A certain number of people live with Useless Loop, a mining site " fermé".

The county of Shark Bay has a semi-arid climate, with a maximum temperature varying from 22°C in July until 32°C in February. The falls of rain are rare and variable, the majority resulting from the activity of the Cyclone S. the average annual rainfall are of 228 millimetres.

The local economic activity includes/understands the Tourisme, the fishing, the exploitation of salt, the culture of Perle S, the mining limestone of marine origin and various pastoral activities.

The site of the world heritage of the Shark bay

The bay itself covers a surface denviron 8.000 km ², for an average depth of 9 meters. It is divided by some spits of land and has many peninsulas and islands (Dirk Hartog, Dorre, Bernier,…). The coast is approximately 1.500 kilometers long. The site is with the junction of three climatic areas and two important botanical zones.

The Shark bay is a place of a zoological interest major. It shelters approximately 10.000 Dugong S ( cows of sea ), as well as many Dauphin S, in particular in Monkey Mia. The place shelters 26 protected spaces Australian mammals, like 230 species of Oiseau X, and a hundred species of Reptile S. It is an important spawning ground for many species of Poisson S, of Crustacé S, and of Cnidaire S. One counts 323 fish species, of which many Requin S and Raie S.

Some large dolphins illustrate one of the only uses of tool in the marine animals. They protect their muzzle with a sponge when they seek their food in the sandy funds. The behavior seems to be learned by the mother with small.

The bay Shark Bay has the vastest known zone of Algue S, with a meadow of alga covering more than 4.000 km ² whose one Wooramel Seagrass Bank with its 1.030 km ² is the largest bench of algae of only one holding known with the world. The Shark bay is also the place where one finds the greatest number of species of algae: twelve with sometimes nine at the same place.

In the Harbor Hamelin, in the south of bay, are always colonies of Stromatolite S, similar to the first living organisms, it there three billion year. Hamelin Pool presents the largest variety of stromatolites to the world.

The Shark bay is registered on the Liste of the world heritage of UNESCO since 1991. It covers a surface of approximately 23.000 km ². The protected area includes/understands many reserves, from of which the marine Parc of the bay Shark, the National park François Peron, the marine Natural reserve of Hamelin Pool, the Natural reserve of Zuytdorp and many islands protected. Towns of " Denham" and " Useless Loop" are inside the limits of the site, but are excluded from the protected area.

External bonds

Descriptive UNESCO.
Shire off Shark Bay Home Page.
Shark Bay World Heritage Area official Web site.
Seen satellite of the Shark bay on WikiMapia.
Bourlingueurs.com.

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