Warnbro Sound

32°20′05″S 115°43′51″E / 32.3346°S 115.7308°E / -32.3346; 115.7308

Warnbro Sound, seen from the north

Warnbro Sound, an Indian Ocean embayment, is located on the coast of Western Australia south of Cape Peron, 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Fremantle. It is a semi-circular sound, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) wide with 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) of shore.[1] The area was surveyed in 1837 by Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe, who named it in 1838; the etymology of the name is unknown. The Perth suburb of Warnbro is named after it.[2]

In summer 2014–2015, the beach at Warnbro Sound was closed for a number of days while the state Department of Fisheries pursued a great white shark that was frequenting the area. The impact of the department's "catch-and-kill" order on beach safety and scientific research was the subject of some controversy.[3][4]

  1. ^ Andrew D. Short; Colin D. Woodroffe (14 April 2009). The Coast of Australia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0-521-87398-7.
  2. ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ Aleisha Orr (22 December 2014). "Kill order hangs over great white shark in Warnbro Sound". WAtoday. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ Calla Wahlquist (22 December 2014). "WA shark cull: killing tagged great white risks safety of beachgoers, expert says". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2015.