Warnbro Sound

Warnbro Sound, an Indian Ocean embayment, is located on the coast of Western Australia south of Cape Peron, 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Fremantle.

[1] The area was surveyed in 1837 by Surveyor-General John Septimus Roe, who named it in 1838; the etymology of the name is unknown.

[2] In summer 2014–2015, the beach at Warnbro Sound was closed for a number of days while the state Department of Fisheries pursued a great white shark that was frequenting the area.

The impact of the department's "catch-and-kill" order on beach safety and scientific research was the subject of some controversy.

[3][4] This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub.