Shoal Bay (Darwin)

Shoal Bay
A map of Australia's Northern Territory with a mark indicating the location of Darwin's Shoal Bay
A map of Australia's Northern Territory with a mark indicating the location of Darwin's Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay
LocationBeagle Gulf, Northern Territory[1]
Coordinates12°17′17″S 130°56′28″E / 12.2881°S 130.9411°E / -12.2881; 130.9411[1]
TypeBay
Part ofBeagle Gulf
Basin countriesAustralia
SettlementsGunn Point, Murrumujuk, Shoal Bay, Micket Creek, Buffalo Creek and Lee Point (From east to west)[2][3]
Great knot standing in water up to its belly
The bay is an important site for great knots

Shoal Bay is a shallow bay lying adjacent to, and north of, the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Encompassing Hope Inlet at its eastern end, it is characterised by extensive areas of intertidal mudflats and mangroves and is an important site for waders, or shorebirds. The bay is situated within the Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve, a protected area[4] that was established in 2000.[5]

Shoal Bay is also known for accommodating the Shoal Bay Receiving Station, a signals-intelligence collection facility that contributes to the NSA's global data collection program.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract - "Shoal Bay"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve". Parks and Wildlife Commission. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in the Northern Territory (2012)". Department of Environment. 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. ^ Philip Dorling (8 July 2013). "Snowden reveals Australia's links to US spy web". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2015.