Wattle Island (Victoria)

This article is about the island off Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. For other uses, see Wattle Island (disambiguation).

Wattle Island
Wattle Island is located in South Gippsland Shire
Wattle Island
Wattle Island
Geography
LocationWilsons Promontory
Coordinates39°08′25″S 146°21′41″E / 39.1401389°S 146.36125°E / -39.1401389; 146.36125
Area21.7 ha (54 acres)[1]
Length1,050 m (3440 ft)[1]
Width350 km (217 mi)[1]
Highest elevation82 m (269 ft)[1]
Administration
Australia
StateVictoria

Wattle Island, is a small, granite island located approximately 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[1]

The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[2] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Norman, F. I.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M.; Robetson, B. I. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 88, Wattle Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 81–82.
  2. ^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012, retrieved 24 July 2017
  3. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.


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