Seal Island (Victoria)
Appearance
Etymology | fur seal[1] (Bass, 1798) |
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Geography | |
Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 38°55′30″S 146°39′45″E / 38.92500°S 146.66250°E |
Area | 18 ha (44 acres)[2] |
Length | 600 m (2000 ft)[2] |
Width | 450 m (1480 ft)[2] |
Highest elevation | 47 m (154 ft)[2] |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Victoria |
Seal Island is a small granite island in the Seal Islands group approximately 15 km east of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.[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]
The island was named by George Bass in January 1798,[1] after the Australian fur seals found nearby.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eccleston, Gregory C. (2012). The Early Charting of Victoria's Coastline. Australian and New Zealand Map Society. p. 18.
- ^ a b c d e Harris, M. P.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 82, Seal Island, Seal Islands Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 69–70.
- ^ "IBA: Wilsons Promontory Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.