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The area was given the name Shark Bay by the English explorer William Dampier, [4] on 7 August 1699. [5] Shark Bay was also visited by Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn in 1772, Nicolas Baudin from 1801 to 1803 and Louis de Freycinet in 1818. [6] Europeans, mostly pastoralists, settled in Shark Bay during the 1860s to 1870s. [6] Pearling developed ...
The investigation resulted in Sea World releasing the world's largest tiger shark in captivity back into the wild. [5] Sea World had originally planned to move the sharks into Shark Bay in October 2003, prior to the public opening of the exhibit on 26 December 2003. [2] [6] A variety of delays forced the opening date to be moved back to 9 April ...
The oceanarium's flagship display is the 3.5-megalitre (920,000 US gal) Shark Lagoon where kingfish, trevally and estuary cod cohabitate with sandbar shark, sicklefin lemon sharks and tiger shark which are publicly fed six times daily. [2] The lagoon is the largest such exhibit in Western Australia.
The Shark Bay Marine Park is a protected marine park located within the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shark Bay, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The 748,725-hectare (1,850,140-acre) [ 2 ] marine park is situated over 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of Perth and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Geraldton .
Denham is the administrative town for the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia.At the 2016 census, Denham had a population of 754. [3] Located on the western coast of the Peron Peninsula 831 kilometres (516 mi) north of Perth, Denham is the westernmost publicly accessible town in Australia, and is named in honour of Captain Henry Mangles Denham of the Royal Navy, who charted Shark Bay in 1858.
Shark Bay is the world's largest man-made lagoon system for sharks. The exhibit consists of four zones allowing for viewing and interaction. The zones include a touch pool, an inter-tidal zone, a reef lagoon and a shark lagoon. Four 10 x 3-metre windows allows all guests to see the sea life featured in these pools. [81]
Useless Loop is a town located on the Heirisson Prong on Denham Sound in Western Australia, in the southern region of Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town of Denham is situated about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Useless Loop across the sound on the opposite shore, and the more famous Monkey Mia is located the same distance ...
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