Dampier Archipelago (W.A.)
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Name (Hebrew)
ארכיפלג דמפייר (אוסטרליה המערבית)
Name (Latin)
Dampier Archipelago (W.A.)
Coordinates
116.6833333 116.6833333 -20.53333333 -20.53333333 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Archipelagoes Australia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q520323
Library of congress:
sh 94007224
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Simpson, C.J. Ecology of scleractinian corals in the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, 1988.
- Web. geog.(Dampier Archipelago. Group of about 20 small rocky islands off NW coast of Western Australia, 20⁰40ʹS)
Wikipedia description:
The Dampier Archipelago is a group of 42 islands near the town of Dampier in Pilbara, Western Australia. The archipelago is also made up of reefs, shoals, channels and straits and is the traditional home of five Aboriginal language groups. It was formed 7000 years ago when rising sea levels flooded what were once coastal plains. The underlying rocks are among the oldest on Earth, formed in the Archaean period more than 2.4 billion years ago. It is named after William Dampier, an English buccaneer and explorer who visited in 1699. Dampier named one of the islands Rosemary Island. Despite being a region through which considerable shipping and industrial activity occurs, the archipelago has considerable marine resources.
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