Hamelin Pool

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Hamelin Pool is a hypersaline marine embayment in Western Australia renowned for its extensive living marine stromatolites, some of the oldest life forms on Earth.

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Hamelin Pool canonical 4
Hamelin Pool area 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypersaline bay ⓘ
marine embayment ⓘ
natural heritage site ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions of Western Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
designation Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve ⓘ
hasAccess limited shore-based access ⓘ
hasAgeSignificance hosts analogues of some of the oldest life forms on Earth ⓘ
hasBiota cyanobacteria ⓘ
halophilic organisms ⓘ
microbial communities ⓘ
hasClimate arid coastal climate ⓘ
hasConservationThreat climate change ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
hasConservationValue global scientific importance ⓘ
hasEcosystemType hypersaline marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature stromatolites ⓘ
hasGeomorphology shallow embayment ⓘ
hasHumanUseRestriction restrictions on boating and fishing in reserve ⓘ
hasHydrology high evaporation rates ⓘ
limited freshwater inflow ⓘ
hasManagementGoal protection of stromatolite communities ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus World Heritage property component ⓘ
marine nature reserve ⓘ
hasSalinity hypersaline ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance important site for studying early life on Earth ⓘ
reference site for microbialite research ⓘ
hasSedimentType carbonate sediments ⓘ
hasSubstrate carbonate platform ⓘ
hasTidalRange low tidal range ⓘ
hasTourismActivity geotourism ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction stromatolite viewing boardwalk ⓘ
hasWaterExchange restricted water circulation ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageCriterion outstanding example of major stages of Earth’s history ⓘ
significant ongoing ecological and biological processes ⓘ
isExampleOf modern analogue of Precambrian stromatolite environments ⓘ
knownFor extensive living marine stromatolites ⓘ
microbial mats ⓘ
well-preserved examples of early life analogues ⓘ
locatedIn Shark Bay ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
nearestTown Denham ⓘ
partOf Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve ⓘ
Shark Bay World Heritage Area ⓘ
region Gascoyne region of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Gascoyne region

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shark Bay → contains → Hamelin Pool ⓘ
Malgana people → hasConnectionTo → Hamelin Pool area ⓘ
linked to: Hamelin Pool
Shire of Shark Bay → hasLocality → Hamelin Pool ⓘ