Shoalwater Bay Tribe, a Native American tribe in western Washington state
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Shoalwater Bay, a large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, in use since 1966 as a military training area
In Queensland, Australia there are many areas for high protection of the bluespotted stingray, three being the Shoalwater, Corio Bay's Area Ramsar Site, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
The Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area (SBMTA) frequently sees deployments of in excess of 30,000 troops, plus annual training exercises with the Singapore Armed Forces and bi-annual Talisman Sabre exercises with the US Military.
Shoalwater Bay is mentioned in I Was Only Nineteen, the #1 single by Redgum from the 1983 album Caught in the Act.