Devonian Reef Conservation Park - WA

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Position

DEG: -17.586611 125.119202
DMS: 17º 35' 11.8" S 125º 07' 9.13" E
UTM: 51 K 8054292mN 724903mE
Altitude: 162.84m

Description

Place Type

Reserves - National Parks,Reserves

Location

836.57kms SouthWest of Darwin - Driving 1591 km (18 hours 28 mins)

Address & Contact

Tunnel Creek National Park
Western Australia 6728
Phone: N/A
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Information

A 'Great Barrier Reef' fringed an ancient Kimberley land mass during the Devonian period, between 375 and 350 million years ago, when a tropical sea filled the Canning and Bonaparte Basins. Remnants of the reef are preserved in the West Kimberley as ranges of low, rugged hills extending for 300 kilometres. The reef probably extended for more than 1000 kilometres around the seaward margin of the Kimberley and is also seen north of Kununurra, where it forms the Ningbing Range.

The structure was built by lime-secreting organisms, mainly calcareous algae and extinct coral-like organisms called stromatoporoids. Though corals were present, they were much less important in reef-building than the corals of modern times. Gastropods, brachiopods, bivalves and stromatolites were also present in and around the reef.

The ancient reef now forms a chain of often steep-sided, low limestone ranges, up to 300 metres above sea level, which rise from 40 to 150 metres above the surrounding Fitzroy River floodplain. Boab trees often grow on the rocky hillsides.
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Closest Weather Station

Fitzroy Crossing at 06/07:30am WST
Distance from Devonian Reef Conservation Park 80.99km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
33.3°C34.6°C48%20.8°C1010.7hPa0.0mmW15km/hr
8knots
20km/hr
11knots

Closest Climatic Station

Fitzroy Crossing Aero
Distance from Devonian Reef Conservation Park 80.99km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C37.736.536.436.533.030.130.733.337.239.840.739.1
Mean Min. °C25.224.723.920.715.612.512.113.718.722.825.425.7
Mean Rain mm165.9173.8127.833.311.39.76.71.20.418.530.1122.6

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