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] 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] 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. Retrieved 5 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 , retrieved 5 March 2012 ^ Burnell, Stephen R; Pirzl, Rebecca; Eubalaena (2002), Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales: Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001 , 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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