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Whale shark at the reef located off the Ningaloo Coast A manta ray with remoras at Ningaloo Reef. Part of the coral reef pictured underwater in 2012. A large clam pictured underwater in 2012. The Ningaloo Coastline, in 2012. Divers explore a ship wreck adjacent to the coral reef. Stegostoma fasciatum (zebra shark) pictured on the reef in 2007.
A panorama of the coral reef near Heron Island, taken as part of the Catlin Seaview Survey. The Catlin Seaview Survey, later renamed the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, was a major scientific expedition which commenced in September 2012, whose aim was to document the composition and health of coral reefs worldwide. Specifically, the survey aimed to ...
Fringing reefs are the most common type of reef found in the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the western coast of Australia, the Caribbean, East Africa, and Red Sea. [1] [2] [8] [3] The largest fringing coral reef in the world is the Ningaloo Reef, stretching to around 260 km (160 mi) along the coastline of Western Australia. [1]
Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef offers eco-luxe tents with all-inclusive food, wine, snorkelling and hiking activities from £2,400 for two nights, for two people. The safari-style tents are located in ...
The land on the Bahamas has a foundation of fossil coral, but much of the rock is oolitic limestone; the stone is derived from the disintegration of coral reefs and seashells. [1] The land is primarily either rocky or mangrove swamp. [1] Low scrub covers much of the surface area. [1]
Coral Bay is located on the North West Cape of the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. It sits adjacent to Ningaloo Reef, the world's largest fringing reef system, which covers 604,500 hectares (6,045 km 2) of the eastern Indian Ocean and stretches over 300 kilometres (190 mi) along the coast of Western Australia. [7]
Andros exhibits greater botanical diversity than any other island in The Bahamas. The presence of its barrier reef and the Tongue of the Ocean give the island a great zoological diversity. [42] Among the various land ecosystems are hardwood coppice, pineyard, scrub, saltwater marsh, rocky and sandy beaches, palm savannas and mangroves. Non ...
Spur and groove formations are a geomorphic feature of many coral reefs. They are ridges of reef formed by coral ("spurs") separated by channels ("grooves") which often have sediment or rubble bed. Spur and groove formations vary in their size and distribution worldwide but are a common feature on many forereefs of fringing reefs , barrier ...