Head of the Bight
| Head of the Bight | |
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 A panorama of Head of the Bight | |
  Head of the Bight Location in South Australia | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°29′36.9018″S 131°9′30.8586″E / 31.493583833°S 131.158571833°ECoordinates: 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 .[7]
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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
External links[]
Coastal bays and inlets of South Australia | |||
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| Investigator Strait | |||
| Kangaroo Island south and west coasts | |||
| Gulf St Vincent | |||
| Backstairs Passage |
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