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Western Australia has the longest coastline of any state or territory in Australia, at 10,194 km [1] or 12,889 km (20,781 km including islands). [2] [a] It is a significant portion of the coastline of Australia, which is 35,877 km (59,736 km including islands).
Pages in category "Coastline of Western Australia" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
By the late 18th century, British and French sailors had begun to explore the Western Australian coast. The Baudin expedition of 1800–03 included the coast of Western Australia and resulted in the Freycinet Map of 1811, the first published map featuring the full outline of Australia. The name New Holland remained in popular and semi-official ...
The south coast of Western Australia comprises the Western Australian coastline from Cape Leeuwin to Eucla. This is a distance of approximately 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi), fronting the Great Australian Bight and the Southern Ocean.
For lists of islands of Western Australia, please see: List of islands of Western Australia, 0–9, A–C; Islands of Lake Argyle; List of islands of Western Australia, D–G; List of islands of Western Australia, H–L; List of islands of Western Australia, M–Q; List of islands of Western Australia, R–T; List of islands of Western ...
In the period of the European maritime exploration of Australia, the Australian coastline was discovered by a group of navigators, including Willem Janszoon, Dirk Hartog, Abel Tasman, Captain James Cook and Matthew Flinders, who went on to become the first in leading the first inshore circumnavigation of Australia and charter much of the coast ...
Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent.Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after Yakutia in Russia, despite the fact that Australia is only the sixth largest country in the world by area, and no other regional administrative ...
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