Cape Arid National Park

Cape Arid National Park

Cape Arid is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 731 km east of Perth.

It is situated jeast of Esperance and lies on shore from the eastern end of the Recherche Archipelago. The bay at its western end is "Duke of Orleans Bay", and the bay at the eastern side is Israelite Bay.

Its coastline is defined by "Cape Arid", a bay called "Sandy bight" and further east "Cape Pasley" [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=277920 - Cape Pasley coordinates ]

Fact sheet

*"Area:" 2794 km²
*"Coordinates": coord|33|42|14|S|123|22|10|E|type:landmark_region:AU
*"Date of establishment:" 1969
*"Managing authorities:" Department of Conservation and Land Management
*"IUCN category:" II

ee also

Protected areas of Western Australia

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