Western Australian stranding species
Species Species Name Common Name
Code
A Globicephala macrorhynchus Short Finned Pilot Whale
B Mesoplodon grayi Gray's Beaked Whale
C Orcinus orca Killer Whale
D Physeter catodon * Pygmy Sperm Whale
E Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale
F Stenella attenuata Spotted Dolphin
G Stenella coeruleoalba Striped Dolphin
H Tasmacetus shepherdi Tasman Beaked Whale
I Globicephala melas Long Finned Pilot Whale

*  The Sperm whale's scientific name has recently been chang ed from Physeter catodon to Physeter macrocephalus
Map of Western Australian stranding locations

(For location codes see tables)
Western Australian mass stranding locations and fatalities (1962 - 2000)
Date Location Location Species Stranding Fatalities
Year Month Day Code Code Number
62 9 Doubtful Is. Bay h D 33 33
64 5 Doubtful Is. Bay h E 34 34
69 10 Cheynes Beach f D 35 34
71 5 Parry Inlet l I 54 54
71 7 Barrow Is., Stokes Point d E 40 40
76 3 Augusta, Flinders Bay c G 40 18
76 10 17 Trigalow Beach o D 17 17
79 7 Point Charles m I 18 18
79 8 24 Trigalow Beach o C 13 13
79 9 Gordon Inlet j D 22 22
81 6 17 Augusta, Flinders Bay c F 13 9
84 11 20 Albany, Ledge Beach a A 9 9
86 7 30 Augusta, Flinders Bay c E 114 18
88 9 29 Augusta (coastal area) b E 84 52
89 1 10 Busselton, Capel Beach e H 3 0
89 1 29 Augusta (coastal area) b G 24 13
91 4 20 Lombardina, Thomas Bay k A 9 9
91 4 22 Sandy Port n A 38 38
93 12 25 Denmark, Ocean Bch. g B 4 1
96 8 20 Dunsborough i I 320* 20
97 11 9 Bundegei Beach, Exmouth p F 6 6
97 11 16 Exmouth Gulf (Sth. Exmouth TS) q C 7 2
98 4 19 Coodamurrup Beach, Windy Harbour r G 6 6

*The number of strandings are only an estimate