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Bombora

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A bombora is a submerged rock shelf, reef, or sand bank located away from the shoreline over which sea waves break, distinct from the surf break at the beach itself. The term comes from the Eora language of Indigenous Australians, and the feature is also known colloquially as a bommie.

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