Rowley Shoals (112 images)
The Rowley Shoals Marine Park consists of three coral atolls, approximately 270km west of Broome on the edge of the continental shelf. The three atolls have shallow lagoons inhabited by corals and abundant marine life, with each atoll covering an area of 80 to 90 square kilometres.
The three shoals are strikingly similar in dimension, shape, orientation and distance apart. Each atoll is north-south orientated, pear-shaped, with the narrow end towards the north. The Shoals rise...
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The three shoals are strikingly similar in dimension, shape, orientation and distance apart. Each atoll is north-south orientated, pear-shaped, with the narrow end towards the north. The Shoals rise...
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A colourful giant clam in shallow water at...
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A giant clam in the Clerke Lagoon at the Rowley...
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A magnificent Giant Clam in the Clerke Lagoon...
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A giant clam in the Clerke Lagoon at the Rowley...
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A giant fluted clam at the Rowley Shoals.
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A pair of Giant clams on Mermaid Reef at the...
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Corals in the shallows of "The Aquarium" in...
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A diversity of corals in "The Aquarium", Clerke...
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Colourful corals in Clerke Lagoon at the Rowley...
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Corals in Clerke Lagoon at the Rowley Shoals.
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Corals at "The Aquarium" in Clerke Lagoon at...
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Corals in The Aquarium, Clerke Lagoon at the...
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"Cuddles" the Potato Cod at 'Cod Hole', Mermaid...
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Naturalist and photographer Richard Costin...
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"Cuddles" the Potato Cod at 'Cod Hole', Mermaid...
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A beautiful Gorgonian fan coral grows on "The...
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Gorgonian fan corals grow in a cave on Mermaid...
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A magnificent magenta soft coral on The Wall at...
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Soft corals line "The Wall" at Mermaid Reef, at...
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Soft corals line "The Wall" at Mermaid Reef, at...
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Purple coral, staghorn coral and fish at "The...
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Damsel fish swim over staghorn coral in Clerk...
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Staghorn corals in "The Aquarium", Clerke...
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Fish and corals in "The Aquarium" in Clerke...
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Coral bleaching at "The Aquarium", in Clerke...
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Damsel fish and corals at the Rowley Shoals
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A giant clam in the Clerke Channel at the...
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Giant Clams and corals at the Rowley Shoals.
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Diverse corals in the Clerke Channel at the...
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Various corals in the Clerke Channel at the...
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Fish in the shallows of the Clerke Channel at...
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Fish in the shallows of the Clerke Channel at...
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A holothurian on the seabed in the Clerke...
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Parrot Fish in the Clerke Channel, Rowley...
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Parrot Fish in the Clerke Channel, Rowley Shaols
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Saddle Butterflyfish in the Clerke Channel at...
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Saddle Butterflyfish in the Clerke Channel at...
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Colourful corals underwater at the Rowley Shoals
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Light bounces off the sandy bottom at the dive...
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Reef fish underwater at Clerke Lagoon.
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Large areas of bleached coral in Clerke Lagoon...
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Bleached corals in the Clerke Lagoon at the...
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A small clam embedded in coral at the Rowley...
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Tridacna crocea, a small clam, embedded in...
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A school of yellow fish watched by film-maker...
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Tiny blue Damselfish swim above a lump of...
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A Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)...
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A juvenile Common Noddy stretches its wings on...
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A Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)...
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A Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)...
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Tourists from "MV Odyssey", one of the...
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Footsteps on Bedwell Island at the Rowley...
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A diver with an underwater camera at the Rowley...
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Film-maker and naturalist Richard Costin...
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Naturalist and film-maker Richard Costin...
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Reef fish underwater at Clerke Lagoon.
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A pair of Giant clams on Mermaid Reef at the...
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Gorgonian fan corals grow on "The Wall" at...
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A holothurian (sea cucumber) on the sandy...
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A Pink Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) guards...
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Parrot fish feeding on corals on Mermaid Reef...
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A Parrotfish at Mermaid Reef at the Rowley Shoals.
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Parrot fish feeding on corals on Mermaid Reef...
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Scuba diver, naturalist and photographer...
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Colourful corals in "The Aquarium" in Clerke...
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A school of Bigeye trevally (Caranx...
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A yellow Demoiselle contrasts with the deep...
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A pair of Pink Anemonefish guard their home on...
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A pair of Pink Anemonefish guard their home on...
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A Yellowmask Angelfish (Pomacanthus...
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Small clams (Tridacna crocea) embedded in coral...
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A divesity of corals at Clerke Reef at the...
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Corals at "The Aquarium" in Clerke Lagoon at...
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Colourful corals and clams on Mermaid Reef.
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"Cuddles" the Pototo Cod poses for a photo at...
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Two scuba divers are visited by "Cuddles", a...
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"Cuddles" the Potato Cod poses for a diver...
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"Cuddles" the Pototo Cod, at Cod Hole on...
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Two scuba divers are visited by "Cuddles", a...
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"Cuddles" the Potato Cod poses for a photo at...
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A Featherstar clings to a coral lump at Mermaid...
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A male Fourspot Wrasse (Haliocheores...
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A colourful Gorgonian fan at "Cod Hole" on...
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A Gorgonian fan coral on Mermaid Reef at the...
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A Gorgonian fan coral in a cave on Mermaid Reef...
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Colourful Gorgonian fans grow in a cave on...
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A juvenile Common Noddy on Bedwell Island, at...
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A Peacock Rockcod (Cephalopholis argus) on...
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Naturalist and photographer Richard Costin...
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Two Scuba divers explore Mermaid Reef at the...
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A Gorgonian fan coral in a cave on Mermaid Reef...
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A Bluegirdle Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus)...