Bay in South Australia
Head of the Bight (also called Head of Bight ) is a
bay located in
South Australia at the most northern extent of the
Great Australian Bight .
Flora and fauna
Southern right whale
It is one of two locations on
Australia 's south coast where
southern right whales come to calve during their winter migration,
[2]
[3] the other being located off of Point Anne in Western Australia's
Fitzgerald River National Park .
[4]
[5]
[6]
Protected area status
The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the
Far West Coast Marine Park .
[7] The land around Head of the Bight is part of
Yalata Indigenous Protected Area .
See also
Notes
^
"Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)" . Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015 .
^
"Head of the Bight South Australian Whale Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula" . Archived from
the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012 .
^
"Ceduna Business & Tourism Association - Head of the Bight" . Archived from
the original on 21 March 2012.
^ Reid, Elizabeth; Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (University of Adelaide) (1996), Whale watchers of the head of the Bight: a 1995 visitor profile and implications for management , Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide,
ISBN
978-0-86396-439-8
^ Pirzl, Rebecca; Burnell, Stephen R (2005),
Population biology of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Head of Bight, South Australia in 2004 , s.n., retrieved 5 March 2012
^ Burnell, Stephen R; Pirzl, Rebecca; Eubalaena (2002),
Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales: Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001 , Eubalaena, retrieved 5 March 2012
^
"Far West Coast Marine Park Management Plan" (PDF) . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26. Retrieved 1 March 2015 .
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