King Sound

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Landsat image of King Sound using NASA World Wind program
Landsat image of King Sound using NASA World Wind program
Low tide at the Derby warf on King Sound
Low tide at the Derby warf on King Sound

King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River, one of Australia's largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean. It is about 120 km long, and averages about 50 km in width. The port town of Derby lies near the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the eastern shore of King Sound. King Sound has the highest tides in Australia, and amongst the highest in the world, reaching a maximum tidal range of 11.8 metres at Derby[1].

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  1. ^ Derby tides at derbytourism.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2007

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Coordinates: 16°49′S, 123°28′E

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