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The Pinnacles during sunset. The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier era that was rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime-rich sands that were blown inland to form high mobile dunes. [3] However, the manner in which such raw materials formed the Pinnacles is the subject of debate.
Nambung National Park is a national park in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 200 km northwest of Perth, Australia and 17 km south of the small coastal town of Cervantes. [3] The park contains the Pinnacles Desert which is an area with thousands of limestone formations called pinnacles. [4]
Cervantes is a town in Western Australia located about 198 kilometres (123 mi) north-north-west of the state capital, Perth, in the Shire of Dandaragan local government area. At the 2016 census, Cervantes had a population of 527. [3] The town was named after a ship that was wrecked nearby.
The lake is situated east of the small town Cervantes, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland from the Indian Ocean, on a Quaternary limestone pavement. [ 1 ] The lake is part of Nambung National Park .
The Cervantes Islands are a small group of islands to the south-west of the locality of Cervantes, both within the Shire of Dandaragan in Western Australia. They are 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Thirsty Point at the southern side of the locality, approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) north-west of Perth .
Pinnacles Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station and now operates as a sheep station in Western Australia.. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south west of Leinster and 116 kilometres (72 mi) north west of Leonora in the Goldfields-Esperance region.