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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 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 .
Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, ... Shark Bay is the world's largest man-made lagoon system for sharks. The ...
Sea World Monorail System: 1986: 2022: Three, nine-car trains on a 2-kilometre (6,600 ft) monorail circuit, each of the trains could hold 96 passengers. [14] It closed in 2022 when two of the trains were scrapped, [15] and it was confirmed by Sea World that the monorail had permanently closed in August 2024. [16] Sea World Train: 1972: 2008
Shark Bay Marine Park, Western Australia, a marine park adjacent to the bay Shark Bay Airport, within the marine park area; Shark Bay (Sea World), a shark exhibit at Sea World, Gold Coast, Queensland; Shire of Shark Bay, a local government area in Western Australia
It lies in line with the Monkey Mia resort to the west, and the Wooramel River on the eastern shore of Shark Bay. [1] It is surrounded by the Shark Bay Marine Park and Shark Bay World Heritage Site and, as the Faure Island Sanctuary, is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).
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 Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve is a protected marine nature reserve located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The 127,000-hectare (310,000-acre) [ 1 ] nature reserve boasts the most diverse and abundant examples of living marine stromatolites in the world, monuments to life on ...