The Ningaloo Coast

In June 2011 the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Ningaloo Coast in report to the World Heritage List.

World Heritage listing recognises the outstanding universal value of the place's diverse and abundant marine liveliness, its incredible cave fauna and the spectacular contrast surrounded by the colourful underwater scenery and the arid and rugged rest of the Cape Range.


The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a smaller boundary for the Ningaloo Coast than originally nominated. The boundary encompasses what the World Heritage Committee considered to be the Ningaloo Coast's key marine and terrestrial values of outstanding universal value.

The Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area boundary excludes all areas knocked out pastoral lease.