Shark Bay received World Heritage listing in 1991 and is one of only a handul of places in the world that satisifies all four natural criteria. The boundary of the new Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area encompasses more than 600,000 hectares and includes the Commonwealth and State waters of the Ningaloo Marine Park; Cape Range National Park; Muiron Islands Marine Management Area andNature Reserve; Jurabi and Bundegi coastal parks; and Learmonth Air Weapons Range.
Ningaloo Reef isone of the most beautiful and accessible coral reefs in the world, it ranks seventh on the world’s list of coral reef biodiversity ‘hotspots’ and second in terms of the number of species found within a limited range.
The listing of the Ningaloo Coast means the area ranks along side sites such as the Great Barrier Reef, theGrand Canyon, Egypt’s Pyramids, Yellowstone National Park, Stonehenge and Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park.
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