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Cable Beach

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Shire of Broome WA, PO Box 44, Cable Beach, WA 6726
08 9191 3456

Description

Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia.

Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia. Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889. Low cliffs of red ochre rise behind the very flat and wide beach, with waves that are mostly gentle in the dry season from May to October. In 2016, the population was 5,436.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 9.115 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 20 m

Population number: 5,436

Local Government Area: Shire of Broome

Location

Shire of Broome WA, PO Box 44, Cable Beach, WA 6726

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Cable Beach, Western Australia

Cable Beach - Localista

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