Kimberley coastline (Western Australia)

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Context of the Kimberley coast with the rest of the Western Australian Coastline

Kimberley coastline (Western Australia) is a coastal region at the ocean edges of the Kimberley land region in the northern part of Western Australia.

It commences at the border with Northern Territory and ends at Wallal where the Pilbara Coast commences.

It is over 12,000 km in length, and has more than 2,500 islands adjacent,[1] with archipelagoes, and a wide range of features not found in the more southern sections of the Western Australian coastline.[2]

Apart from access at Broome, One Arm Point, Derby, and Wyndham there are few points along the length of the coastline that can be accessed easily or safely.[3]

As a result of the difficulty of access, tourism ventures by boat and air have exploited the isolated coastal features.[4][5]

  1. ^ Scott, A. W (2012), A traveller's guide : Kimberley Coast : bays, basins, islands and estuaries, Envirobook, ISBN 978-0-85881-240-6
  2. ^ Zell, Len; Wild Discovery (2003), A guide to the Kimberley Coast wilderness : north western Western Australia (1st ed.), Wild Discovery, ISBN 978-0-646-42242-8
  3. ^ Short, Andrew D; Surf Life Saving Association of Australia; University of Sydney. Coastal Studies Unit; Australian Beach Safety and Management Program (2006), Beaches of the Northern Australian coast : the Kimberley, Northern Territory and Cape York: a guide to their nature, characteristics, surf and safety, University of Sydney Press, ISBN 978-1-920898-16-8
  4. ^ Scherrer, Pascal; Williams, Charmaine (1 January 2008), Tourism and the Kimberley coastal waterways: a review of environmental and cultural aspects of expedition cruising along the Kimberley coast, Western Australia: photobook, ePublications@SCU, retrieved 30 December 2013
  5. ^ Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre; Wilderness Society (W.A.); Conservation Council of Western Australia; Environs Kimberley Inc (2010), Kimberley whale coast tourism : a review of opportunities and threats, Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre, retrieved 30 December 2013