Coastal regions of Western Australia
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Western Australia has the longest coastline of any state or territory in Australia, at 10,194 km[1] or 12,889 km (20,781 km including islands).[2][lower-alpha 1] It is a significant portion of the coastline of Australia, which is 35,877 km (59,736 km including islands).[2]
The earliest full charting of the coastline occurred during exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.[3]
The coastline has some features or organisms that are found on the entire length,[4] while some others are specific to particular coastal regions.[5][6]
Various government map posters have been created over time, which have examples of coastal form, or types of coast such as the 1984 map with photos.[7]