Cape Range

National Park

Australia · Western Australia

Western AustraliaDeclared in 1964506 km²

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Adjoining Ningaloo Reef; its limestone gorges hide a subterranean cave fauna unique in the world

Area

506 km²

Protection category

UICN II

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Declared in

1964

Region

Western Australia

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo

Best time

March to May

Ocean

Plan your visit

Best time: March to May
Area: 506 km²

Highlight

Adjoining Ningaloo Reef; its limestone gorges hide a subterranean cave fauna unique in the world

Declared in 1964, Cape Range protects a limestone massif with deep gorges beside Ningaloo Reef, whose caves and underground fissures hold an extremely specialised cave fauna, including blind crustaceans adapted to complete darkness, discovered and catalogued only in recent decades through specialist caving expeditions.

Location

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1 dive site within 300 km is also shown.

90 species documented in Cape Range

9 Mammals11 Birds9 Reptiles8 Cartilaginous fish22 Fish2 Bivalvia6 Anthozoa1 Arachnida4 Cephalopoda5 Gastropoda5 Malacostraca2 Asteroidea2 Polychaeta1 Turbellaria1 Cubozoa2 Holothuroidea

At conservation risk:Tiburón ballena,Tortuga verde,Almeja gigante,Caballito de mar amarillo,Chucho pintado,Manta de arrecife,Pepino de mar (sandfish),Pez vela del Indo-Pacífico,Tiburón gris de arrecife,Tiburón punta negra de arrecife,Tiburón zorro