Oceania · Illustrated record
Cable Beach
Broome · Australia
The short version, from the cited sources
Cable Beach stretches along the Indian Ocean outside Broome in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region, named for the telegraph cable that came ashore here in 1889. It is known for a very large tidal range that exposes vast flats of pale sand, for camel trains that walk the beach at sunset, and for dry-season conditions that draw visitors across great distances. Seasonal marine stingers and vehicle access zones shape how and when people use the water.
- Country
- Australia (AU)
- Region
- Oceania
- Sand
- White
- Water
- Indian ocean, large tidal range
- Administrative area
- Western Australia
- Timezone
- Australia/Perth
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2014-06-16
Names in the record
Cable Beach
No alternate names were supplied by the source.
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- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
-17.93195, 122.20800
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Direct provenance
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Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
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