page_title: Port Hedland Saltworks Important Bird Area
hierarchical_section_title: Port Hedland Saltworks Important Bird Area
caption_attribution_description: Calidris acuminata（尖尾鷸）, Changhua County, Taiwan, 2007.
context_page_description: The Port Hedland Saltworks Important Bird Area is a 103 km² tract of originally intertidal land, now containing a saltern, lying about 20 km east of the port of Port Hedland on the coast of the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia. The salt processing facility is operated by Dampier Salt Ltd, part of the Rio Tinto Group.
context_section_description: The Port Hedland Saltworks Important Bird Area is a 103 km² tract of originally intertidal land, now containing a saltern, lying about 20 km east of the port of Port Hedland on the coast of the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia.  The salt processing facility is operated by Dampier Salt Ltd, part of the Rio Tinto Group.
caption: The site is an important area for sharp-tailed sandpipers
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