Exmouth Golf
| Exmouth Gulf Exmouth Gulf |
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 Gales Bay at the southeast end of the Exmouth Gulf |
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Australia | |
| Geographical location | 22 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 114 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Exmouth Gulf ( English Exmouth Gulf ) is a golf in northwest Australia in the state of Western Australia . The gulf is located on the North West Cape on the main Western Australia coastline.
Names
As early as 1618, Captain Lenaert Jacobszoon from the Dutch East India Company and the supercargo Willem Janszoon came to this area and in 1818 Phillip Parker King came to the Gulf and named the North West Cape peninsula as well as the Exmouth Gulf after a British Viscount .
environment
The Exmouth Gulf has a rich marine environment that is home to the humpback whale , dugong, and turtle birthplace . The mangrove system in the east and the Ningaloo Reef in the Gulf create good conditions for optimal environmental and living conditions for the animal world.
When it was planned to set up a salt production facility along the southwestern coastline, there were violent protests from Australian environmentalists. The plans for this extended over an area of 411 km² with a length of 70 km and inland 10 km away from the coast. These plans were abandoned in February 2010 because of continued strong public opposition.
Sport fish such as marlin , torpedo mackerel ( Scomberomorus commerson ) and tuna can be fished in the gulf and in the coastal waters, with the exception of the Ningaloo Reef . The Gulf is home to Australia's largest shrimp fishery, the Kailis Fishing Group , which is licensed by the Australian government from Western Australia.
The gulf is part of the North West Shelf and the Canning Basin , a geological sedimentary basin .
During the Second World War , the US Navy operated a submarine supply station on Australian soil in the Exmouth Gulf, Learmont Airfield not far from Exmouth and radar systems. On May 20 and 21, 1942, there were Japanese air raids on the military facilities.
literature
- Western Australia. Dept. of Planning and Urban Development (1992): Exmouth coastal strategy Department of Planning and Urban Development. Perth, WA: The Dept. ISBN 0730932591
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Protect the Exmouth Gulf. Halt the Salt at haltthesalt.org.au . Retrieved September 11, 2010
- ^ Japanese air raids on Exmouth Gulf . Retrieved September 11, 2010