Shark Bay, Western Australia
A World Heritage Site in Australia, inscribed in 1991 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 1991
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 22,009 km² (2,200,902 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- -25.4861, 113.4361
- UNESCO ID
- 578
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Baie Shark, Australie occidentale
- Spanish
- Bahía Shark (Australia Occidental)
- Chinese
- 西澳大利亚鲨鱼湾
Other World Heritage Sites in Australia
- Australian Convict Sites (2010)
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (1994)
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (2019)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986)
- Great Barrier Reef (1981)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000)
- Heard and McDonald Islands (1997)
- K’gari (1992)
- Kakadu National Park (1981)
- Lord Howe Island Group (1982)
- Macquarie Island (1997)
- Murujuga Cultural Landscape (2025)
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