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The Best Attractions In Ningaloo

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The Ningaloo Coast is a World Heritage Site located in the north west coastal region of Western Australia. The 705,015-hectare heritage-listed area is located approximately 1,200 kilometres north of Perth, along the East Indian Ocean. The distinctive Ningaloo Reef that fringes the Ningaloo Coast is 260 kilometres long and is Australia's largest fringing coral reef and the only large reef positioned very close to a landmass.The coast and reef draw their name from the Australian Aboriginal Wajarri language word ningaloo meaning promontory, deepwater, or high land jutting into the sea. The Yamatji peoples of the Baiyungu and Yinigudura clans have inhabite...
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  • 1. Ningaloo Reef Ningaloo
    The Ningaloo Coast is a World Heritage Site located in the north west coastal region of Western Australia. The 705,015-hectare heritage-listed area is located approximately 1,200 kilometres north of Perth, along the East Indian Ocean. The distinctive Ningaloo Reef that fringes the Ningaloo Coast is 260 kilometres long and is Australia's largest fringing coral reef and the only large reef positioned very close to a landmass.The coast and reef draw their name from the Australian Aboriginal Wajarri language word ningaloo meaning promontory, deepwater, or high land jutting into the sea. The Yamatji peoples of the Baiyungu and Yinigudura clans have inhabited the area for over 30,000 years.
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  • 3. Coral Bay Beach Coral Bay
    Human impact on coral reefs is significant. Coral reefs are dying around the world. Damaging activities include coral mining, pollution , overfishing, blast fishing, the digging of canals and access into islands and bays. Other dangers include disease, destructive fishing practices and warming oceans. Factors that affect coral reefs include the ocean's role as a carbon dioxide sink, atmospheric changes, ultraviolet light, ocean acidification, viruses, impacts of dust storms carrying agents to far-flung reefs, pollutants, algal blooms and others. Reefs are threatened well beyond coastal areas. Warming causes coral bleaching, which if severe kills the coral. In 2008, a worldwide study estimated that 19% of the existing area of coral reefs has already been lost, and that a further 17% is like...
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