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Sight·Montgomery ReefMentioned by Smithsonian Magazine
Yowjab
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“Yowjab (Montgomery Reef) is an incredibly important cultural site for Dambeemangarddee people featuring in creation stories. Yowjab is one of the most outstanding geological marine features of the Kimberley bioregion. This enormous intertidal rhodoli…”
— westernaustralia.com
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Smithsonian MagazineJul 20

For Three Hours Every Day, Open Ocean Transforms Into Australia's 'Ghost' Reef

An isolated wonder some 1,200 miles from the nearest city, Montgomery Reef disappears as quickly as it appears, mirroring the supposed vanishing of its original owners, a tribe of Indigenous giants

Indigenous name for Montgomery Reef, rises up to 26 feet.

5 things in this story
  • YowjabSightIndigenous name for Montgomery Reef, rises up to 26 feet.
  • Wijingarra ToursPlaceOwned by Dambeemangaddee siblings, partners with tour companies.
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