Taylor Inlet is an inlet located in the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region of Western Australia. The inlet is located on the coast near Nanarup Beach and is approximately east of Albany, Western Australia, Albany and is contained within the Taylor Inlet nature reserve.
The inlet is a wave dominated estuary with a degraded catchment that is a result of substantial clearing and a saline water, saline run-off. It covers a total area of
and the catchment covers a total area of about .
The inlet is separated from the Southern Ocean by a sand bar and typically open once or twice a year for a few weeks at a time, usually between September and January. It is kidney shaped and lies almost parallel to the shoreline. The channel is approximately in length and wide.
The vegetation fringing the inlet include ''Melaleuca cuticularis'', ''Juncus kraussii'', ''Samolus repens'', ''Gahnia trifida'' and ''Baumea, Baumea juncea''. Other plants found in the surrounding dunes include Spinifex hirsutus, sand spinifex, Lepidosperma gladiatum, sword sedge and Rhagodia baccata, berry saltbush, Carpobrotus, pigface and Agonis flexuosa, peppermint trees.
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Great Southern (Western Australia)
Estuaries of Western Australia
Inlets of Western Australia
South coast of Western Australia