Shell House
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Shell House is an area of coastal cliffs located between Red Bluff and Bluff Point
in Kalbarri National Park
in Mid West Western Australia
. They are highly regarded for their scenery, and also for the exposures of geological strata, which include Ordovician
Tumblagooda sandstone
, Triassic
Wittecarra sandstone and Kockatea shale. The Shell House cliffs have been listed on Australia
's Register of the National Estate
since 1978.
Bluff Point, Western Australia
Bluff Point is a northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton.The suburb was gazetted in 1972.-Geography:...
in Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri National Park is located north of Perth. The major geographical features of the park include the Murchison River gorge which runs for nearly 80 kilometres on the lower reaches of the Murchison River...
in Mid West Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. They are highly regarded for their scenery, and also for the exposures of geological strata, which include Ordovician
Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic Era, and covers the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago . It follows the Cambrian Period and is followed by the Silurian Period...
Tumblagooda sandstone
Tumblagooda sandstone
The Tumblagooda sandstone is a geological formation deposited during the Silurian or Ordovician periods, around four to five hundred million years ago, and is now exposed on the west coast of Australia, straddling the boundary of the Carnarvon and Perth basins...
, Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
Wittecarra sandstone and Kockatea shale. The Shell House cliffs have been listed on Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's Register of the National Estate
Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. The listing was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission. The register is now maintained by the Australian Heritage Council...
since 1978.