Primary outflows Waratah Bay Frozen never | Basin countries Australia Primary outflow Waratah Bay | |
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Location Wilsons Promontory, South Gippsland, Victoria Settlements Sandy Point, Yanakie, Victoria Similar Waratah Bay, Wilsons Promontory, Anderson Inlet, Wilsons Promontory National, Cape Liptrap | ||
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Shallow Inlet is a marine inlet, opening onto Waratah Bay on the western side of the Yanakie Isthmus in South Gippsland, Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies close to the small holiday communities of Sandy Point and Yanakie, as well as to Wilsons Promontory and the Wilsons Promontory National Park.
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- Sandy point shallow inlet victoria australia kiteboarding richi scotty ads jan 2014
- Map of Shallow Inlet Victoria Australia
- DescriptionEdit
- BirdsEdit
- References
Map of Shallow Inlet, Victoria, Australia
DescriptionEdit
The inlet is a shallow, curving, 18 km2 tidal embayment with a single channel to the sea. On the seaward side it is enclosed by a barrier of sandy spits, bars and mobile dunes. The extensive intertidal mudflats and areas of sand provide habitat for waders, or shorebirds. Fringing the mudflats are areas of saltmarsh.
BirdsEdit
The inlet has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world populations of double-banded plovers and red-necked stints, and has supported the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot. Other birds recorded as using the site in significant numbers include eastern curlews, Pacific golden plovers, curlew sandpipers and sanderlings.