L'Haridon Bight is one of the bays on the eastern side of the

Peron Peninsula Peron Peninsula is a long narrow peninsula located in the Shark Bay World Heritage site in Western Australia, at about 25°51' S longitude and 113°30' E latitude. It is some long, running north-northwesterly, located east of Henri Freycine ...

in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the

Gascoyne The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gasc ...

region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. At its southern end lies Shell Beach, which is part of the very narrow

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 ...

that leads to the Peron Peninsula to the north. Its mouth at the north is just south west of

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 ...

, where two points define its northern reach - Petit Point in the eastern part, and Dubaut Point to the west on the Peron Peninsula. It is one of locations in the Shark Bay where the water is hypersaline, and is also where a marine reserve exists.'12. Lharidon Bight Sanctuary Zone. Scale a. 1:350,000, in Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation & Western Australia. Dept. of Fisheries (2010). In Shark Bay Marine Park and Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve marine parks - WA's submerged wonders : information guide. Dept. of Environment and Conservation : Dept. of Fisheries, erth, W.A./ref>

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