Shoalwater Islands Marine Park
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Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is located in Western Australia
and stretches from the northern point of the Garden Island Causeway
to the southern point of Becher Point, an area of 6540 ha.
It is located offshore from the suburban locality of Shoalwater
.
Several small limestone islands are located within the boundaries of the park, including Penguin Island
and Seal Island
.
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...
and stretches from the northern point of the Garden Island Causeway
Garden Island (Western Australia)
Garden Island is a slender island about ten kilometres long and one and a half kilometres wide, lying about off the Western Australian coast, to which it is now linked by a man-made causeway....
to the southern point of Becher Point, an area of 6540 ha.
It is located offshore from the suburban locality of Shoalwater
Shoalwater, Western Australia
Shoalwater is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham.Shoalwater is located within the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park which includes Shoalwater Bay, Warnbro Sound, Cape Peron and several small islands being Penguin island, Seal...
.
Several small limestone islands are located within the boundaries of the park, including Penguin Island
Penguin Island (Western Australia)
Penguin Island is a 12.5 ha island off the coast near Perth Western Australia, 700 m from Rockingham. It is home to a colony of Little Penguins, the largest population of the birds in Western Australia. The waters surrounding the island make up the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park...
and Seal Island
Seal Island (Western Australia)
Seal Island is an island located approximately South East of Albany, Western Australia. The island is located approximately off-shore from Frenchman Bay in King George Sound...
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Further reading
- Crane, Kevin, Carolyn Thomson and Peter Dans.(1995) Discovering Penguin Island and the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park. Como, W.A. Dept.of Conservation and Land Management. ISBN 0-7309-6971-1
- Thomson-Dans, Carolyn.(2005) Shoalwater Islands Marine Park. Landscope (Como, W.A), Autumn 2005, p. 52-53.