Head of the Bight (also called Head of Bight) is a bay located in South Australia at the most northern extent of the Great Australian Bight.
Head of the Bight | |
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Head of the Bight Location in South Australia | |
Location | South Australia |
Coordinates | 31°29′36.9018″S 131°9′30.8586″E / 31.493583833°S 131.158571833°E[1] |
Type | Bay |
Basin countries | Australia |
It is one of two locations on Australia's south coast where southern right whales come to calve during their winter migration,[2][3] the other being located off of Point Anne in Western Australia's Fitzgerald River National Park.[4][5][6]
The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the Far West Coast Marine Park.[7] The land around Head of the Bight is part of Yalata Indigenous Protected Area.