Peron Peninsula is a long narrow

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on a ...

located in the Shark Bay World Heritage site in

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, at about 25°51' S longitude and 113°30' E latitude. It is some long, running north-northwesterly, located east of Henri Freycinet Harbour and west of Havre Hamelin and

Faure Island Faure Island is a 58 km2 island pastoral lease and nature reserve, east of the Francois Peron National Park on the Peron Peninsula, in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It lies in line with the Monkey Mia resort to the west, and the Wooram ...

. It is the largest of the Shark Bay peninsulas. Significant settlements include Denham and

Monkey Mia Monkey Mia is a popular tourist destination located about 900 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The reserve is 25 km northeast of the town of Denham in the Shark Bay Marine Park and World Heritage Site. The main attraction are ...

. An airport ( Shark Bay Airport) is located there. It is the location of former

Pastoral lease A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands. Australia Pastoral lease ...

s Peron and Nanga stations. It is the main location of land access to points within the World Heritage site. The northern area contains the Francois Peron National Park. It is surrounded by the

Shark Bay Marine Park The Shark Bay Marine Park is protected marine park located within the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Shark Bay, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The marine park is situated over north of Perth and north of Geraldton. The marine ...

and its lower southeast part is adjacent to the

Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve The Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve is a protected marine nature reserve located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The nature reserve boasts the most diverse and abundant examples ...

. The

Taillefer Isthmus The Taillefer Isthmus (French: ''Isthme Taillefer'') is an Australian isthmus linking Peron Peninsula to the coast of Western Australia in the Gascoyne region. Its western coast is formed by Henri Freycinet Harbour, its eastern one by L'Haridon ...

, the narrowest section of the peninsula, is between Nanga and Goulet Bluff - which has Shell Beach located on the eastern side which lies in the

L'Haridon Bight L'Haridon Bight is one of the bays on the eastern side of the Peron Peninsula in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. At its southern end lies Shell Beach, which is part of the very narrow Taillefer I ...

. The northernmost point is Cape Peron which has a namesake further south in the metropolitan

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coastal area.

History

The peninsula is named for French naturalist François Péron, who visited the area with the Geographe expeditions of 1801 and 1803. The peninsula was used as a sheep station from the late 1880s until being purchased by the national government in 1990. In 1919 Peron Peninsula Station had a total area of divided into 25 paddocks and was stocked with 12,000 sheep.

Peron Homestead Artesian Bore

The Peron Historical Homestead is near Denham. It includes a visitor center. Peron Peninsula is part of the Carnarvon Basin, a geological structure lacking permanent fresh surface water. During the 1900s artesian bores were sunk to provide a greater quantity and quality of water. The resulting water comes up hot (35-60 °C) and has high salt and mineral content.Tourism website

History

Peron Homestead Artesian Bore

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