Head of the Bight

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date= March 2015}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Head of the Bight | image = Great Australian Bight.jpg | caption = A panorama of Head of the Bight | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[South Australia]] | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[South Australia]] | coords = {{coord|31|29|36.9018|S|131|9|30.8586|E|type:waterbody_region:AU_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gazateer>{{cite web|title= Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)|url= http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/index.xhtml |publisher= Geoscience Australia |accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> | type = [[Bay]] | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = [[Australia]] | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | frozen = | islands = | trenches = | benches = | cities = }}

'''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]].

==Flora and fauna==

===Southern right whale=== It is one of two locations on [[Australia]]'s south coast where [[southern right whale]]s come to calve during their winter migration,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sawhalecentre.com.au/head_of_the_bight.html |title=Head of the Bight South Australian Whale Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula |access-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409061915/http://sawhalecentre.com.au/head_of_the_bight.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093820/http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514|title=Ceduna Business & Tourism Association - Head of the Bight|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref> the other being located off of Point Anne in Western Australia's [[Fitzgerald River National Park]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Reid, Elizabeth | author2=Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (University of Adelaide) | title=Whale watchers of the head of the Bight: a 1995 visitor profile and implications for management | year=1996 | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide | isbn=978-0-86396-439-8}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Pirzl, Rebecca | author2=Burnell, Stephen R | title=Population biology of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Head of Bight, South Australia in 2004 | publication-date=2005 | publisher=s.n. | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159771477 | accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Burnell, Stephen R | author2=Pirzl, Rebecca | author3=Eubalaena | title=Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales: Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001 | publication-date=2002 | publisher=Eubalaena| url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159770981 | accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref>

==Protected area status== The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the [[Far West Coast Marine Park]].<ref name=DEWNR>{{cite web|title=Far West Coast Marine Park Management Plan|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/775d4df7-c35a-4e04-a510-a1170099e60c/mp-gen-1farwestcoast-managementplan.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|accessdate=1 March 2015|page=26|date=2012}}</ref> The land around Head of the Bight is part of [[Yalata Indigenous Protected Area]].

==See also== *[[Whale watching in Australia]]

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9001985|title=Whale Watching At Head Of Bight|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320220353/https://southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9001985|archive-date=20 March 2012|access-date=1 March 2015|url-status=live}} -- official government tourism site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Head of the Bight}} [[Category:Bays of South Australia]] [[Category:Coastline of South Australia]] [[Category:Great Australian Bight]]