Taillefer Isthmus

{{Short description|Isthmus in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} [[File:Shark_Bay_Phytoplankton_in_Bloom.jpg|thumb|240px|Satellite image of Shark Bay. The Peron Peninsula is in the centre, with the Taillefer Isthmus in its middle.]] The '''Taillefer Isthmus''' ({{langx|fr|Isthme Taillefer}}) is an Australian [[isthmus]] on the [[Peron Peninsula]] on the coast of [[Western Australia]] in the [[Gascoyne]] region. Its western coast is formed by [[Henri Freycinet Harbour]], its eastern one by [[L'Haridon Bight]], both bodies of waters being part of [[Shark Bay]].

The isthmus is named after Hubert Jules Taillefer, a French physician who took part in the [[Baudin expedition to Australia]]. It was later traversed by [[Augustus Charles Gregory]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65484255 |title=MR. GREGORY'S REPORT OF HIS EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHWARD. |newspaper=[[The Inquirer (Perth)|Inquirer]] |volume=XIV |issue=645 |location=Western Australia |date=3 November 1852 |accessdate=26 February 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

A fence runs along the isthmus, creating a 100,000 hectare feral-free area to the northwest for native wildlife species to be [[Species reintroduction|re-introduced]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Court%20Coalition%20Government/Construction-of-feral-barrier-to-protect-Shark-Bay%27s-wildlife-19950803|website=[[Government of Western Australia]]|title=Construction of feral barrier to protect Shark Bay's wildlife|date=3 August 1995}}</ref>

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[[Category:Isthmuses of Oceania|Taillefer]] [[Category:Shark Bay]]