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词条 Head of the Bight
释义

  1. Flora and fauna

     Southern right whale 

  2. Protected area status

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. External links

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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 within the following marine protected areas - the Far West Coast Marine Park and the Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary.[7][8]

See also

  • Whale watching in Australia

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|title= Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)|url= http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/index.xhtml |publisher= Geoscience Australia |accessdate=1 March 2015}}
2. ^http://sawhalecentre.com.au/head_of_the_bight.html
3. ^http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514
4. ^ {{Citation | author1=Reid, Elizabeth | author2=Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (University of Adelaide) | title=Whale watchers of the head of the Bight : a 1995 visitor profile and implications for management | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide | isbn=978-0-86396-439-8 }}
5. ^{{Citation | author1=Pirzl, Rebecca | author2=Burnell, Stephen R | title=Population biology of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Head of Bight, South Australia in 2004 | publication-date=2005 | publisher=s.n. | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159771477 | accessdate=5 March 2012 }}
6. ^{{Citation | author1=Burnell, Stephen R | author2=Pirzl, Rebecca | author3=Eubalaena | title=Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales : Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001 | publication-date=2002 | publisher=Eubalaena| url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159770981 | accessdate=5 March 2012 }}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Far West Coast Marine Park Management Plan|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/775d4df7-c35a-4e04-a510-a1170099e60c/mp-gen-1farwestcoast-managementplan.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=1 March 2015|page=26|date=2012}}
8. ^{{cite book |title=National Parks and Wildlife (Protected Animals—Marine Mammals) Regulations 2010 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972|date=2014|publisher= Government of South Australia (GSA), Attorney-General's Department|url= http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/R/NATIONAL%20PARKS%20AND%20WILDLIFE%20(PROTECTED%20ANIMALS%20-%20MARINE%20MAMMALS)%20REGULATIONS%202010/CURRENT/2010.263.UN.PDF|page=2}}

External links

  • Whale Watching At Head Of Bight, official government tourism site
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3 : Bays of South Australia|Coastline of South Australia|Great Australian Bight

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