Eighty Mile Beach
Beach in Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eighty Mile Beach also spelled Eighty-mile Beach or 80-mile Beach, and formerly called 90-mile Beach, lies along the north-west coast of Western Australia about half-way between the towns of Broome and Port Hedland. It is a beach some 220 kilometres (140 mi) in length,[2] forming the coastline where the Great Sandy Desert approaches the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important sites for migratory shorebirds, or waders, in Australia, and is recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.[2]
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Official name | Eighty-mile Beach |
Designated | 7 June 1990 |
Reference no. | 480[1] |
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