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Houtman Abrolhos Islands Australia Cruise Port Guide
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This is actually not a Cruise Port, merely a snorkeling, diving or swimming stop.
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The Houtman Abrolhos (often informally called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands, and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia. , it lies about eighty kilometers (50 mi) west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southernmost true coral reef in the Indian Ocean, and one of the highest latitude reef systems in the world. It is one of the world's most important seabird breeding sites, and is the center of Western Australia's largest single species fishery, the Western Rock Lobster fishery. It is also well known as the site of numerous shipwrecks, the most famous being the Dutch ships Batavia, which was wrecked in 1629, and Zeewijk, wrecked in 1727.
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