page_title: Eighty Mile Beach
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Eighty Mile Beach / Description / Geography
caption_attribution_description: This is a map of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA), with state boundaries overlaid. The Dampierland region is shown in red.
context_page_description: Eighty Mile Beach, also spelled Eighty-mile Beach or 80-mile Beach, lies along the north-west coast of Western Australia about half-way between the towns of Broome and Port Hedland. It is a beach some 220 kilometres in length, forming the coastline where the Great Sandy Desert approaches the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important sites for migratory shorebirds, or waders, in Australia, and is recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
context_section_description: Eighty Mile Beach lies in the Shire of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, in the Dampierland bioregion.  It extends south-west from Cape Missiessy 19°03′S 121°31′E in a shallow curve to Cape Keraudren 19°58′S 119°46′E, with its midpoint at 19°37′S 120°59′E.  The beach is about 100 m wide and has a gentle gradient.  It consists of sand with a high proportion of shelly material, and experiences a very large tidal range with an amplitude of up to 9 m.  The adjoining tidal mudflats vary from 1 to 5 km in width.  On the landward side it is bordered by dunes, a narrow floodplain and, further inland, by a strip of pindan woodland or shrubland.  Most of the land along the coast is covered by four large pastoral leases: Anna Plains, Mandora, Wallal and Pardoo, which are operated principally as cattle stations.
caption: Eighty Mile Beach lies along the thin south-western extension of the Dampierland bioregion (shown in red)
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