Seal Rocks (Victoria)
  Seal Rocks | |
| Etymology | fur seal (Grant, 1801)[1] |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 38°31′34″S 145°05′59″E / 38.525996°S 145.099601°E |
| Area | 2.8 ha (6.9 acres)[2] |
| Highest elevation | 12 m (39 ft)[2] |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Seal Rocks comprises two small islets – Seal Rock and Black Rock – 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) south-west of Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia[2] at the western entrance to Western Port.
They were named Seal Islands by James Grant in HMS Lady Nelson in January 1801.[1][3]
Flora & fauna
[edit]The islands are a major Australian Fur Seal colony. Approximately 5000 pups are born on Seal Rocks each year – 25% of the Australian population.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grant, James (1803). The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen: with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. Printed by C. Roworth for T. Egerton. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7243-0036-5. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Warneke, Robert M.; Dann, Peter (2013). "Birds of Seal Rocks in northern Bass Strait over 40 years (1965-2005)". The Victorian Naturalist. 130 (1): 4–21.
- ^ Barrallier, Francis; Grant, James (1803), Chart of Western Port and coast to Wilson's Promontory forming part of the North side of Bass's Strait, Hydrographical Office : Published according to Act of Parliament, by A. Dalrymple Hydrographer to the Admiralty, retrieved 24 January 2012
- ^ McIntosh, Rebecca R.; Kirkman, Steve P.; Thalmann, Sam; Sutherland, Duncan R.; Mitchell, Anthony; Arnould, John P. Y.; Salton, Marcus; Slip, David J.; Dann, Peter; Kirkwood, Roger (2018). "Understanding meta-population trends of the Australian fur seal, with insights for adaptive monitoring". PLOS ONE. 13 (9): e0200253. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1300253M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200253. PMC 6124711. PMID 30183713.
| Near East Gippsland | |
|---|---|
| Near Corner Inlet | |
| Near Wilsons Promontory | |
| In Western Port | |
| In Port Phillip | |
| Near Portland Bay | |
| In rivers | |
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