# Head of the Bight

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Bay in South Australia

Head of the Bight A panorama of Head of the Bight Head of the Bight Location in South Australia Location South Australia Coordinates 31°29′36.9018″S 131°9′30.8586″E / 31.493583833°S 131.158571833°E / -31.493583833; 131.158571833[1] Type Bay Basin countries Australia

**Head of the Bight** (also called **Head of Bight**) is a [bay](/source/Bay) located in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) at the most northern extent of the [Great Australian Bight](/source/Great_Australian_Bight).

## Flora and fauna

### Southern right whale

It is one of two locations on [Australia](/source/Australia)'s south coast where [southern right whales](/source/Southern_right_whale) come to calve during their winter migration,[2][3] the other being located off of Point Anne in Western Australia's [Fitzgerald River National Park](/source/Fitzgerald_River_National_Park).[4][5][6]

## Protected area status

The waters within the Head of the Bight are located within the [Far West Coast Marine Park](/source/Far_West_Coast_Marine_Park).[7] The land around Head of the Bight is part of [Yalata Indigenous Protected Area](/source/Yalata_Indigenous_Protected_Area).

## See also

- [Whale watching in Australia](/source/Whale_watching_in_Australia)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gazateer_1-0)** ["Search for feature SA0029827 (Head of Bight, also known as Head of Great Australian Bight)"](http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/index.xhtml). Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Head of the Bight South Australian Whale Centre Victor Harbor Fleurieu Peninsula"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130409061915/http://sawhalecentre.com.au/head_of_the_bight.html). Archived from [the original](http://sawhalecentre.com.au/head_of_the_bight.html) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ceduna Business & Tourism Association - Head of the Bight"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093820/http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514). Archived from [the original](http://www.ceduna.net/page.aspx?u=514) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Reid, Elizabeth; Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies (University of Adelaide) (1996), *Whale watchers of the head of the Bight: a 1995 visitor profile and implications for management*, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-86396-439-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86396-439-8)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Pirzl, Rebecca; Burnell, Stephen R (2005), [*Population biology of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Head of Bight, South Australia in 2004*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159771477), s.n., retrieved 5 March 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Burnell, Stephen R; Pirzl, Rebecca; Eubalaena (2002), [*Ecology and behaviour of southern right whales: Head of Bight, South Australia, 2001*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159770981), Eubalaena, retrieved 5 March 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DEWNR_7-0)** ["Far West Coast Marine Park Management Plan"](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/775d4df7-c35a-4e04-a510-a1170099e60c/mp-gen-1farwestcoast-managementplan.pdf) (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 2012. p. 26. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

## External links

- ["Whale Watching At Head Of Bight"](http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9001985). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120320220353/https://southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9001985) from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2015. -- official government tourism site

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