Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve
Australia / Hamelin Pool, Western Australia
Location ID: #10083152
The Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve is a protected marine nature reserve located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The 127,000-hectare nature reserve boasts the most diverse and abundant examples of living marine stromatolites, or 'living fossils', in the world, monuments to life on Earth over 3,500 million years ago.
Location Category:
- BEACHES / COASTAL - *;
- BEACHES / COASTAL - Beaches / Shorelines;
- BEACHES / COASTAL - Boardwalks / Piers / Jetties;
- HERITAGE - *;
- LANDSCAPES - *;
- PARKS & GARDENS - *;
- PARKS & GARDENS - National Parks;
- UNESCO - *;
- WILDLIFE - *