It is over 12,000km in length, and has more than 2,500 islands adjacent,[1] with archipelagoes, and a wide range of features not found in the more southern sections of the Western Australian coastline.[2]
Apart from access at Broome, One Arm Point, Derby, and Wyndham there are few points along the length of the coastline that can be accessed easily or safely.[3]
As a result of the difficulty of access, tourism ventures by boat and air have exploited the isolated coastal features.[4][5]
↑ Scott, A. W (2012), A traveller's guide: Kimberley Coast: bays, basins, islands and estuaries, Envirobook, ISBN978-0-85881-240-6
↑ Zell, Len; Wild Discovery (2003), A guide to the Kimberley Coast wilderness: north western Western Australia (1sted.), Wild Discovery, ISBN978-0-646-42242-8
↑ Short, Andrew D; Surf Life Saving Association of Australia; University of Sydney. Coastal Studies Unit; Australian Beach Safety and Management Program (2006), Beaches of the Northern Australian coast: the Kimberley, Northern Territory and Cape York: a guide to their nature, characteristics, surf and safety, University of Sydney Press, ISBN978-1-920898-16-8
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