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世界遗产档案
此鲨鱼湾位于澳洲大陆最西端，由许多岛屿及周边陆地组成，有三个独具一格的自然特点：拥有世界上最大的海床（4800平方公里）和最丰富的海草资源；拥有世界上数量最多的儒艮（海牛）；拥有大量叠层石（叠层石是由大量海藻形成的硬质圆形沉积物，是地球上最古老的生命形式之一）。鲨鱼湾还是五种濒危哺乳动物的栖息地。
UNESCO 官方中文展开英文原文
At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest (4,800 km2) and richest in the world; its dugong (‘sea cow’) population; and its stromatolites (colonies of algae which form hard, dome-shaped deposits and are among the oldest forms of life on earth). Shark Bay is also home to five species of endangered mammals.