It is responsible for an area of 1.3 million square kilometres from Port Hedland to Carnarvon in Western Australia, and from the coast to the border with the Northern Territory; being approximately one-sixth of the total Australia mass.
The site regularly supports over 1% of the world populations of Red-necked Stints and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, as well as a population of the range-restricted Dusky Gerygone.
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Cape Lambert is East of Karratha (59 km), West of Point Samson (11 km) and Port Hedland (220 km) and due North of Wickham (10 km), Roebourne (22 km) and Millstream National Park (108 km).
Later under direction from Government Resident Robert John Sholl, Wedge was given the task of exploring Port Hedland as an alternative port since, although Roebourne was chosen for a settlement, Roebourne's distance from the coast was found to be a disadvantage.
Rubber vine is believed to have a potential range in Australia from about Coen in Cape York Peninsula to Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
Kariyarra people, prior to European settlement occupied an area from the Yule River east to Port Hedland and south to the Hamersley Range.
Port Walcott lies close to (and to the East of) Port Dampier and to the west of Port Hedland.
As the first civilians, they visited the detainees in some of the most remote parts of the country, like the detention centres in Port Hedland, and Curtin, and managed to expose some of the human rights violations committed against the asylum seekers in the camps.
In 1993 BHP Iron Ore upgraded its Port Hedland operator interface to Citect for Windows.