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The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 located north of Broome
Broome, Western Australia

Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season....
 in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, surrounded by the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
 to the west and north, and the King Sound
King Sound

King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River , one of Australia largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean....
 to the east. The northern most part of the peninsula is Cape Leveque
Cape Leveque

Cape Leveque A 13 metres tall lighthouse was erected at Cape Leveque in 1912. Its light characteristic is a group of three flashes that occurs every twenty seconds whereby the light source emits from a focal plane of 43 m. The lighthouse marks the western entrance of King Sound....
.

peninsula is home to a rich heritage of aboriginal culture, with the communities of Bardi Community
Bardi people

The Bardi people are the Indigenous Australians from the area north of Broome, Western Australia and parts of the Dampier Peninsular in the Kimberley region of Western Australia....
, Beagle Bay Community
Beagle Bay Community, Western Australia

Beagle Bay is a medium-sized Indigenous Australians Community on the western side of the Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome, Western Australia....
, Bobeiding Community, Djarindjin Community and Ngardalargin Community with numerous other smaller communities, pearling camps, tourist resorts and outstations.

e is numerous small trees, shrubs and animals living on and in the sea surrounding the peninsula.

peninsula is traversed from south to north by the Cape Leveque Road
Cape Leveque Road

The Cape Leveque Road is a regional Western Australian road which runs for up the Dampier Peninsula from Broome, Western Australia to Cape Leveque....
.

By road: The Cape Leveque road from Broome to Beagle Bay is generally of poor condition and often closed during the wet season.






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The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 located north of Broome
Broome, Western Australia

Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season....
 in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, surrounded by the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
 to the west and north, and the King Sound
King Sound

King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River , one of Australia largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean....
 to the east. The northern most part of the peninsula is Cape Leveque
Cape Leveque

Cape Leveque A 13 metres tall lighthouse was erected at Cape Leveque in 1912. Its light characteristic is a group of three flashes that occurs every twenty seconds whereby the light source emits from a focal plane of 43 m. The lighthouse marks the western entrance of King Sound....
.

Aboriginal heritage

The peninsula is home to a rich heritage of aboriginal culture, with the communities of Bardi Community
Bardi people

The Bardi people are the Indigenous Australians from the area north of Broome, Western Australia and parts of the Dampier Peninsular in the Kimberley region of Western Australia....
, Beagle Bay Community
Beagle Bay Community, Western Australia

Beagle Bay is a medium-sized Indigenous Australians Community on the western side of the Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome, Western Australia....
, Bobeiding Community, Djarindjin Community and Ngardalargin Community with numerous other smaller communities, pearling camps, tourist resorts and outstations.

Ecology

There is numerous small trees, shrubs and animals living on and in the sea surrounding the peninsula.

Transport

The peninsula is traversed from south to north by the Cape Leveque Road
Cape Leveque Road

The Cape Leveque Road is a regional Western Australian road which runs for up the Dampier Peninsula from Broome, Western Australia to Cape Leveque....
.

By road: The Cape Leveque road from Broome to Beagle Bay is generally of poor condition and often closed during the wet season. Four wheel drive is recommended. It is bitumened from Beagle Bay to the northern towns. There are numerous tour operators running bus services on the peninsula.

By Air: There are air strips at Cape Leveque, Bardi, Djarindjin (Lombadina), Beagle Bay and some of the smaller communities and pearl farms.

Tourism

There are several tourist accommodation facilities such as Kooljamon (Cape Leveque) and Middle Lagoon (Middle Lagoon).

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