Head of the Bight | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia South Australia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Australia |
Location: | South Australia |
Coords: | -31.4936°N 131.1586°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [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.
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.
The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the Far West Coast Marine Park.[4] The land around Head of the Bight is part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.