L'Haridon Bight explained

L'Haridon Bight is one of the bays on the eastern side of the Peron Peninsula in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.^[1]

At its southern end lies Shell Beach, which is part of the very narrow Taillefer Isthmus that leads to the Peron Peninsula to the north. Its mouth at the north is just south west of Faure Island, where two points define its northern reach - Petit Point in the eastern part, and Dubaut Point to the west on the Peron Peninsula.^[2] It is one of locations in the Shark Bay where the water is hypersaline,^[3] and is also where a marine reserve exists.^[4]

See also

• Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve

Notes

-26.0833°N 160°W

Notes and References

1. Shark Bay (W.A. : Shire). Council (1992). In Consultative environmental review statement : expansion of reserve no. 41076 (quarry - shell grit) L'Haridon Bight Shark Bay. Shire of Shark Bay, Denham, W.A
2. (1992) Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority. Expansion of Reserve 41076 (quarry-shell grit) L'Haridon Bight, Shark Bay, Shire of Shark Bay : report and recommendations of the Environmental Protection Authority. Bulletin, 1030-0120.
3. Woo, Lai Mun & University of Western Australia.Centre for Water Research (2005). In Summer circulation and water masses along the West Australian coast.
4. '12. Lharidon Bight Sanctuary Zone. Scale [ca. 1:350,000]', in Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation & Western Australia. Dept. of Fisheries (2010). In Shark Bay Marine Park and Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve marine parks - WA's submerged wonders : information guide. Dept. of Environment and Conservation : Dept. of Fisheries, [Perth, W.A.]