Great Australian Bight

A wide bay of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Australia. Much of the coastline consists of high cliffs along the southern edge of the Nullarbor Plain.

Great Australian Bight

n (Placename) a wide bay of the Indian Ocean, in S Australia, extending from Cape Pasley to the Eyre Peninsula: notorious for storms

Great′ Austral′ian Bight′

n. a wide bay in S Australia.

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Great Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for stormsAustralia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colonyAustralia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

Great Australian Bight

Great Australian Bight,

wide bay of the Indian Ocean, indenting the southern coast of Australia in Western Australia and South Australia. An unbroken line of cliffs c.200 ft (60 m) high runs along much of the coast and extends inland in E Western Australia and W South Australia as the arid and desolate Nullarbor Plain. The bight is very stormy during winter months. The local fisheries are economically important to South Australia.

Great Australian Bight

a wide bay of the Indian Ocean, in S Australia, extending from Cape Pasley to the Eyre Peninsula: notorious for storms

Great Australian Bight

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noun a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia

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